

“Jeter de l'huile sur le feu.”
― Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne
― Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

“Some said the world would end in 1533. Last year had its adherents too. Why not this year? There is always somebody ready to claim that these are the end times, and nominate his neighbor as the Antichrist.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall

“ ‘I knew it, I knew it, I damn well knew it,’ he shouted. ‘The President was right you’re all infected with this wretched MeMe chromosome even at the dawn of your pathetic little planet’s evolution. You do realise of course there’s no hope for you. It’s all going to be a complete and utter waste of time. You and your little planet are all doomed.”
― Our Blue Orange
― Our Blue Orange

“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians assiduously disguised the state of his health, promoting the fantasy of a robust leader who was always in excel- lent physical condition for a man his age. Severe heart disease was not admit- ted until twenty-five years after his death, and then only as part of a new and larger cover-up to conceal other severe medical problems. These deceptions still dominate the present-day narrative of Franklin’s health, especially so in his later years.”
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

“He prayed long and hard for justice and healing, but was a bit light on mercy.”
― A Time for Mercy
― A Time for Mercy
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