History is only a muddle of facts and a fuddle of professors, and anyone who thinks it is one clear voice saying ‘Arise, Sir Knight’ deserves a life sentence in Camelot.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy — but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears contemplating. Otherwise, they are palaces of misery.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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Literature is a battleground of conflicting faiths, and nobler passions than envy are involved.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as often as he shall have succeeded he will have fulfilled his part, and he need not fear any danger in other reproaches.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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