Sunday, January 29, 2017

Quote of the day--from famous Roman historian Tacitus, from wikipedia

Tiberius', Gaius' and Claudius' as well as Nero's acts
while flourishing themselves—out of fear—counterfeited,
after they came to fall—resulting from new-found hate— related
are.

Special post--I remember this distinctly--read in Burma, 1970s. Toynbee said in Life Magazine that the Vietnam War could not be won bc it was a national war.

He said the same to Playboy Magazine. https://www.originalmagazines.com/blogs/vintage-magazines/a-historian-against-empire-arnold-toynbee-s...