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“It is always tempting to believe that we live in the best of all possible worlds, or at least a pretty good one, but grounding these shifts in the lives of real people, great and small, makes it clear that they were not necessarily - or even mostly - beneficial, at least not for the moment.”
― The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World
― The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World
“It's important to stand still sometimes. Think of it as a little rest in the long journey of your life. This is your harbor. And your boat is just dropping anchor here for a little while. And after you're well rested, you can set sail again.”
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“People were forced to jump from a village into a city, to make the giant leap from feudalism to communism, without the time or education to develop a civic society vandal its values and habits, from the concept of private property to huma rights, from democracy to toilet paper.”
― Café Europa: Life After Communism
― Café Europa: Life After Communism
“Tiberius's brother, Gaius, was an absolute riot. Said to be the first person in Roman history to pull his cloak open and expose his shoulder while speaking, which is both pointless, and a bit sexy.”
― A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
― A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
“Just as people tailor their stories to serve their interests - revising, erasing, embroidering - so do nations.”
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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