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What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
History: A distillation of rumor.
History: A distillation of rumor.
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
