And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.

Live today, for tomorrow we die.

The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.

I don't inflict horrors on readers.

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said