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“One of the greatest Reasons why so few People understand themselves, is, that most Writers are always teaching Men what they should be, and hardly ever trouble their heads with telling them what they really are.”
― Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits

“The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.”
― Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.

“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

“POOR Catullus, ’tis time you should cease your folly, and account as lost what you see is lost.”
― Catullus, Catullus: Complete Works