August 17, 2025

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

Georges Bidault (1899–1983), French politician, quoted in Observer (1962), in The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.24

Do you doubt that? Think about David vis-à-vis Goliath? Judith vis-à-vis Holofernes? Delilah vis-à-vis Samson?

Of course, a genuinely smart strongman is the bane of mere mortals.