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Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair read more
The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.
