Nothing Personal
Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (1777 - 1844) proposing a toast to Napoleon Bonaparte at a literary banquet:
"Gentlemen, you must not mistake me. I admit that he is the sworn foe of our nation, and, if you will, of the whole human race. But, gentlemen, we must be just to our enemy. We must not forget that he once shot a bookseller."
Pity he missed Amazon!
...at the still point, there the dance is.”
—Burnt Norton - T. S. Eliot
About Rosy
Rosy Cole was born and educated in the Shires of England and now lives on the West Sussex coast. A professional writer for thirty years, she has worked as a Press Officer and Publisher's Reader and is a member of the Society of Authors (UK), the Historical...
Connections
Causes Rosy Cole Supports
World Vision, International Prison Outreach, Salvation Army, Emmaus Project, Poor Clares, DogsTrust, BUAV (against animal testing) WWT (Wildfowl &...
Rosy’s Favorite Books
Restoration - Rose Tremain, Rites of Passage - William Golding, The Waves - Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf, Sunset Song - Lewis Grassic...
It has all the time been
It has all the time been like this.People who live by the sword don't like those who live by the pen.
And it's normal since they bear diametrally opposite ideas.
A
Thanks
I don't think Napoleon ever gave the pen a chance to be 'mighter than the sword', Hammoudi.