Currently reading A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman of Guns of August fame. Personally fascinated by this period of history which is even more significant given our pandemic. Tuchman tries to highlight the period through the life of one man, Enguerrand de Courcy VII. But due to the nature of history - he doesn't make n appearance until Chapter 7. Will keep you posted.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Generations of men establish a growing mastery over the earth, but are destined to become fossils in its soil." - Will and Ariel Durant
"Only six people in the Galaxy knew that the job of the Galactic President was not to wield power but to attract attention away from it." - Douglas Adams
"In the end China went her own way as if the Americans had never come." - Barbara Tuchman
"Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you in the upper echelon of human success within seven years." - Naval Ravikant
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Generations of men establish a growing mastery over the earth, but are destined to become fossils in its soil." - Will and Ariel Durant
"Only six people in the Galaxy knew that the job of the Galactic President was not to wield power but to attract attention away from it." - Douglas Adams
"In the end China went her own way as if the Americans had never come." - Barbara Tuchman
"Animals eat one another without qualm; civilized men consume one another by due process of law." - Will and Ariel Durant
"The duty of a foreign service officer is to report the truth as he sees it without adjusting it to American domestic considerations." - Raymond Ludden (1945)
"'Aspiring' is not a word you want in your obituary." - Aaron Haspel
