“For them, it was just an ordinary miracle”
“OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet’ Well, that’s not true anymore.
‘Hinc lucem et pocula sacra’, ‘From here [we derive] light and sacred draughts [literally cups]
I don’t think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power – it is succeeding.
“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe