What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.
Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
The personal pronoun "I" should be the coat of arms of some individuals.
Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.
Unlike so many Dylan-writer-wannabes and phony 'encyclopedia' compilers, Sean Wilentz makes me feel he was in the room when he chronicles events that I participated in. Finally a breath of fresh words founded in hardcore, intelligent research.
The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
A coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder.