I’m Scared Lieutenant George The most poignant line in the whole of series 4. It slams the on the handbrake, whilst you are still laughing from the last illustration of absurdity. Read More at How Blackadder Goes Forth captured the absurd tragedy of war Lieutenant George was played by Hugh Laurie in ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’.…
At 26 letters long, the English alphabet isn’t the most complicated string of symbols and characters to master, even for a five-year-old. But that’s because it has been put on a strict diet over the years that helped it slim down and shed 10 additional letters that were either deemed superfluous, redundant, or just downright…
Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind Earl Landgrebe I prefer the quote “Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve made up my mind” but “Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind” is the original. His quote is famous and he is remembered unfavourably for this famous…
The dull mind rises to truth through that which is material Abbot Suger Inscription on the bronze doors made by Suger for the Abbey of St. Denis Whoever thou art, if thou seekest to extol the glory of these doors, Marvel not at the gold and the expense but at the craftsmanship of the work.…
Appalled by the state of affairs, realising the greatness and the nearness of the danger… and thinking, as men are apt to think in great crises, that when all had been done they still have something left to do, and when all had been said they have not said enough, again called on the captains…