“Obviously, there’s no way of making money that doesn’t hurt somebody somewhere, but there are degrees of scale and immediacy. A merchant prince or a banker or a wealthy landowner isn’t generally required to take responsibility for the people he… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“One of these days I’d really like to win a battle, rather than just stand quiet while they lose it at me. You know,… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Here lies Mago the boxer, of whom it may honestly be said that he never harmed anybody.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“It's sheer spitefulness to allow mortals to love because everybody dies but the love they cause to be in others doesn't die with them.… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“The public,” he said, “bless them. It’s the same in tailoring: they always think they know more about your job than you do, and… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Most wars start because someone makes a mistake, and most battles are lost by the losing side rather than won by the victors. I'm… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“He was astonished at how calm he found he was. Fear of death had always energised him, making him move far more quickly than his body should have been capable of, accelerating his reactions and his thought process to a quite incredible level. This time, though, he only thought, Oh , and realised that he didn't really care all that… — K.J. Parker Copy Share
“When you get to my age, you’ll find it’s fatally easy to forget to hate all your enemies all the time; and once you’ve… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if your ignorant so long as you can find people to know stuff for you. — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
