Aubrey Menen > Quotes

“A thorough knowledge of the past could lead a profound scholar to predict the future course of history with great accuracy, provided that it did not turn out quite differently.”
― Aubrey Menen

“There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”
― Aubrey Menen

“His view of war - and he had seen a great deal of it - was that a general made as many blunders as he fought battles, but, by the grace of the gods, the opposing generals' blunders were sometimes worse.”
― Aubrey Menen, A Conspiracy of Women

“Valmiki’s say of saying grace was, however, very much his own. The grace that the Brahmins said for Rama in his palace before joining him in his meals was long, sonorous, and thanked a battery of gods by name for their favours. Valmiki said:

“Gods in your heaven grant that se eat this meal remembering that we may die this very night and never taste such good things again. Sweet gods, fatten the pumpkins. I’ve done all I know and just look at them. So be it.”
― Aubrey Menen, The Ramayana as Told by Aubrey Menen

“To make two ears grow where one grew before is a profound solace to my spirit. To watch a hired man do it would be an even profounder solace.”
― Aubrey Menen, The Ramayana as Told by Aubrey Menen

“Rama's wife, Sita, was devoted to him; the King was devoted to his wives, a very different thing.”
― Aubrey Menen, The Ramayana as Told by Aubrey Menen