Herodotus

“Up to this point, they say, nothing more happened than the carrying away of women on both sides…….  The wise course is to pay no regard when they have been carried away.”

“They passed their lives in ignorance and poverty which some dignified with the name of virtuous simplicity.”

“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.”

“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” – H.L. Mencken

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” – H.L. Mencken

If you doubt the devil it’s his doing.