“History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
