“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“For whatsoever from one place doth fall,
Is with the tide unto an other brought:
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
― The Faerie Queene
Is with the tide unto an other brought:
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
― The Faerie Queene
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Music at Night and Other Essays
― Music at Night and Other Essays
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
Early Modern History, 16th-18th Century
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This is a group for all those with an interest in Early Modern history (roughly from 1500-1800, though the 15th century is also fair game). My own int ...more
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