"Mysterious Jackson area lawyer's blog about history, literature, and whatever irks him."
—NMC
And therefore, reader, I myself am the subject of my book; it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.
—Montaigne, Essays, "To the Reader."
"I shall see myself, I shall read myself, I shall go into ecstasies, and I shall ask -- Is it possible that I have so much ésprit?"
—Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols.
... the torturer has become – like the pirate and slave trader before him – hostis humani generis, an enemy of all mankind.
—Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876, 890 (2d Cir. 1980)
... that makes me elitist? Good! If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room," I'll be an elitist!
—David Rees, Get Your War On # 34 (Apr. 16, 2004)
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Menstruous? What a strange word. The passage reminds me of the poor position women had at the time in that world.