Quotes on history

“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”

Topics: atwood, filling, history

“Old to grow, but ever learning.”

Topics: beverly, growing, history

“A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, “

Topics: blamed, divorced, friends

“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.”

Topics: also, deeds, great

“Carthage must be destroyed.”

Topics: carthage, destroyed, history

“I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world.”

Topics: athenian, citizen, greeks

“When the candles are out all women are fair.”

Topics: candles, fairest, history

“One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.”

Topics: anymore, discover, history

“Written laws are like spiders’ webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.”

Topics: dislike, flaws, history

“It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.”

Topics: character, circumstances, factions

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