Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.