It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good...
I have a bit of a rebellious nature.
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself the engineer is explained by natural selection.