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Montaigne 1.15

Bombardment of Athens
The bombardment of the Acropolis in 1687 via the Ottoman Imperial Archives (formerly on Flickr, but now not)

So above all things a man should take heed, if he can, against falling into the hands of an enemy judge who is victorious and armed.

– Montaigne (Essays, ‘One does not
with impunity defend a place
obstinately and against reason’)1

  1. One of my favorite titles so far. [↩]

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