satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.
To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions.
Christianity in its ideas was never the art of the possible.
To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.
Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French.
Historians who stuff in every item of research they have found, every shoelace and telephone call of a biographical subject, are not doing the hard work of selecting and shaping a readable story.