What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers read more

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.