Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts.Barbara W. Tuchman
The trick of maximizing those high moments soon is discovered, then forgotten, then rediscovered.Barbara W. Tuchman
The dense population could do nothing but pillage for the most part, and illness and death were their constant companions.Barbara W. Tuchman
In a world where God had seemingly withdrawn from action, only his saints remained as active agents.Barbara W. Tuchman
There were whole villages that neither knew how to sow corn nor even how to grind it, much less how to make bread from it.Barbara W. Tuchman
Agriculture had disappeared and the people lived on looted grain, when it was to be had at all.Barbara W. Tuchman
War was the only operation of life with a scheme and predictability of its own.Barbara W. Tuchman
First, they hang the thief, and then, they hang the avenger.Barbara W. Tuchman
Life is a succession of unforeseen events so you must be always ready.Barbara W. Tuchman
The chronicler sometimes forgives the peasant but the law never does.Barbara W. Tuchman