#Art Quotes #History Quotes
“I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the deepest depths as well as the highest heights. It is when things go wrong, when good things do not happen, when our prayers seem to have been lost, that God is most present. We do not need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.”
“It’s simple, really: Be great right now so that you can be great later on.”
“There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.”
“A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.”
“A bilingual marriage, by the way, is a great way to stay together for longer than you normally would because you can't understand each other very well.”
“We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.”
“Imagine if the whole point of this experience on planet Earth was to just open ourselves up more fully to who we really are, without filters, without masks, without any restrictions.”
“I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.”
Albert Sorel Historian
Averroes Philosopher
David Friedrich Strauss Writer
Ernest Gellner Philosopher
Gustave Flaubert Writer
Hippolyte Taine
Maurice Barres Novelist
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly Novelist
