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"Our prospective opponent has always started operations by attacking before a declaration of war."
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"All I want to know is where I’m going to die so I’ll never go there"
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"Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book." - Joseph Brodsky
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How Stoicism Saved a Prisoner of War
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By Cicero
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"The purpose of this paper is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing…
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"By myself? A missing piece cannot roll by itself." "Have you ever tried?" asked the Big O
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The Scotsman, his paper money, and his stories brought France much prosperity, for a time
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better."
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Lobsters are interesting animals, but most people don’t think about them too often. While they may not be immortal as many like to think, they never…
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Current events can often use some historical context
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