Book Review: France in the Age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor-Lucien Tapié
“Beneath the rule of men entirely great / The pen is mightier than the sword.”
– Richelieu; Or, the Conspiracy II. 2.
“Beneath the rule of men entirely great / The pen is mightier than the sword.”
– Richelieu; Or, the Conspiracy II. 2.
“There will be no lack of Christian daring / In this little house of Portugal.”
– The Lusíads VII. 14.
“False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.”
– Joseph De Maistre
“The life offered me on such infamous terms I abandon without regret.”
– Jacques de Molay
“Grief everywhere, Everywhere terror, and all shapes of death.”
– Aeneid II. 490-491
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?”
– Job 40:20
“For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”
– Matthew 11:30
Why feelings matter more than facts in academia.