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“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
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“Slippery use of the word “privilege” is part of a vogue of calling achievements “privileges”—a vogue which extends far beyond educational issues, spreading a toxic confusion in many other aspects of life.”
― Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
― Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”
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A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
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