Livy

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.