Mark Borsi

“He took as well as gave, but what he gave was unique. He had a curious precision of statement, a delicate flavour of humour, and a trick of small gestures to illustrate his meaning, which were peculiar to himself. The effect cannot be reproduced, but I remember how in discussing the wars of the future he said: “A chemist on each side will approach the frontier with a bottle” — his upraised hand and precise face conjuring up a vivid and grotesque picture.”
― Michael Coren, The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”
― Aldous Huxley

“Patton hated and dreaded mediocrity. A few days before his death he wrote to Robert P. Patterson, who had succeeded Mr. Stimson as Secretary of War: “Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.”
― Ladislas Farago, Patton: Ordeal and Triumph