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There is properly no history, only biography.
There is properly no history, only biography.
I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.
I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of read more
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun read more
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
