"When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred in the past 500 years, the result was war. The great Greek historian Thucydides identified these structural stresses as the primary cause of the war between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece. In his oft-quoted insight, "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this inspired in Sparta that made war inevitable.""

-- Graham T. Allison

#War Quotes #Stress Quotes #Past Quotes

“I need someone to eat breakfast with and watch AdventureTime with! Then, do other miscellaneous things that you can't say on Twitter!”
“There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.”
“I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.”
“I really think you cannot separate the money from the age. When employers discriminate over age, they're also discriminating over money. Older workers tend to make more money, especially the higher up you go, and companies don't want to spend the money. They want to spend less.”
“Basque is one of the world's more alarming languages. Only a handful of adult foreigners, they say, have ever managed to learn it. The Devil tried once and mastered only three words - profanities, I assume.”
“How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.”

Source : Samuel Woodworth (1831). “Melodies, duets, trios, songs, and ballads, pastoral, amatory, sentimental, patriotic, religious, and miscellaneous. Together with metrical epistles, tales and recitations”, p.12
“I always saw myself as a big-nosed, big-eared kid. I've never tried to kind of capitalize on that stuff. I think a lot of people do when they can.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.”

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