“ Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body. Marcus Tullius Cicero Philosopher
“ As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. Baron De Montesquieu Author
“ One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies. Lord Chesterfield British Statesman
“ God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. Voltaire Writer
“ I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention. Jane Austen Novelist