A thick skin is a gift from God.
Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.
The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead.
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.