“It seems clear that the Arab East still sees the West as a natural enemy. Against that enemy, any hostile action-be it political, military, or based on oil-is considered no more than legitimate vengeance. And there can be no doubt that the schism between these two worlds dates from the Crusades, deeply felt by the Arabs, even today, as an act of rape” The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season. Book V
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man? Twilight of the Idols
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
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