Quote of the Day for 2016-06-17

"I confess that I do not see what good it does to fulminate against the English tyranny while the Roman tyranny occupies the palace of the soul."

— James Joyce (1882-1941) "Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages," a lecture at Università Popolare, Trieste, Austria-Hungary (April 27, 1907)

An unidentified Magdalene Laundry in Ireland (circa 1900)

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-23

"She [the Catholic Church] thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts."

— Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) "Ranke's History of the Popes," The Edinburgh Review, October 1840

Battle of Domažlice between Hussites and Crusaders; Jena Codex, 15th century.