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In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

Barbara Tuchman

That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis.
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Belief Century Church
To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.
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Book Communication Quality
Human behavior is timeless.
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Behavior Human Timeless
To put away one’s own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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Book Order Original Thought
The power to command frequently causes failure to think.
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Cause Command Thinking
Russians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm.
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Accepting Calm Supplies
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Military Peace War
Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.
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Belief Friendship Roots
Above all, discard the irrelevant.
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Discard Irrelevant Matters
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
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Comfort Military Mind
Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.
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Church Numbers Self
An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one’s own prose.
BARBARA TUCHMAN

Essentials Sound Writing
The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.
BARBARA TUCHMAN

Communism Communist Myth
In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.
BARBARA TUCHMAN

Historical History Peace
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.
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Knighthood Love War
Wisdom – meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.
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Appreciation Common Sense Wisdom

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