There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
 |
Nationality: French Type: Philosopher Born: November 18, 1647 Death: December 28, 1706 |
“Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.”
“The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.”