“Great crimes are always committed by great ignoramuses.”
–Voltaire: Letter to Rousseau, Aug. 10, 1755, in George Seldes, The Great Quotations (Pocket Books 1969 ed.).
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Not much of a diary, but I thought at least Real History Lisa would appreciate it.
A short saying often contains much wisdom. – Sophocles.
for best short diary“, category: 10 words or less…
It is irritating to hear the Iraq war described so often as a mistake and so rarely as a crime.
for not thinking”