Quotes by Philip Freeman

“jealous men only tormented themselves.”

“As he explained to his officers and men, the war against Persia could not be finished until the shah, as the Persians called their king, was mat, or finished. The endgame had to be shah mat, a Persian phrase that would evolve in time into checkmate.”

“the universe must have been created by an all-powerful prime mover who, however, took no interest in his handiwork.”