The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
An empty throne always tempts me.
It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.