A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist |
Art without science is poverty, but science without art is barbarism. |
As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy. |
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard |
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos |
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos |
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. |
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with from people , stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river. |
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity |
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity |
Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change |
Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a reluctant negative |
Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold. |
Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold. |
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. |