I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
Unavailable wars are always just.
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
A leader is a dealer in hope.