The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten how to amuse itself unaided. Votes: 11
Agitation and commitment are dangerous for the peace of humanity, and the only thing which is even more dangerous is their absence. Votes: 3
Nothing is uncontroversial anymore, and very little is innocent. Votes: 0
This is a tragic world we live in. Votes: 0
War is always a professional enterprise; despair is left to amateurs. Votes: 0
For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class Votes: 0