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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
