« Let us feign dominion over events
that are beyond our control. »
Talleyrand
« Princely conversations »
Thoughts/Questions/Suggestions
« Sit quietly on the riverbank,
and soon enough you will see
the corpse of your enemy float by . »
Chinese (and Bantu) proverb
and soon enough you will see
the corpse of your enemy float by . »
Chinese (and Bantu) proverb
« I sit enthroned in the sky
like a sphinx misunderstood ;
My heart of snow
to the whiteness of swans is wed ;
I abhor any movement that
displaces clear lines,
And never do I weep nor do I ever laugh. »
Charles Baudelaire
like a sphinx misunderstood ;
My heart of snow
to the whiteness of swans is wed ;
I abhor any movement that
displaces clear lines,
And never do I weep nor do I ever laugh. »
Charles Baudelaire