What did Barbara Tuchman mean by: Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general. - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA Copy
+ Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Dangerous, Seduction, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ The power to command frequently causes failure to think. Feraz Zeid, October 9, 2023December 26, 2023, Barbara Tuchman, Command, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Forgiven, Position, Responsible, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Battle, Military, Mind, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Moments, Speech, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Easier, Faces, Government, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Tuchman, Doors, Library, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Human behavior is timeless. Feraz Zeid, June 27, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Tuchman, Behavior, Human, Timeless, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important. - Quincy Jones Music producer
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
