Quote of the Day (Niccolo Machiavelli, on Victories and Respect)

 “Victories are never secure without some respect, especially for justice.”— Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), The Prince (1505)

Quote of the Day (Joseph Conrad, on How 'Every Age is Fed on Illusions’)

"Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end." — Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale (1915)