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"JB Bury is like a version of Edward Gibbon who actually cared about the Byzantines. Hence good to read. K?" — Jan 27, 2014 03:37PM
"JB Bury is like a version of Edward Gibbon who actually cared about the Byzantines. Hence good to read. K?" — Jan 27, 2014 03:37PM
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"I am enjoying this book. But if I were incapable of suspending my judgment I suppose I wouldn't be. He has some overarching theory of civilizations. And his theory is obviously wrong. Many discount him entirely because of this. But if you forgive him for falling short of his goal, and it was a herculean task and a great effort anyway, then this guy has a lot to say. Interesting stuff to be taken with a grain of salt." — Nov 03, 2013 11:54AM
"I am enjoying this book. But if I were incapable of suspending my judgment I suppose I wouldn't be. He has some overarching theory of civilizations. And his theory is obviously wrong. Many discount him entirely because of this. But if you forgive him for falling short of his goal, and it was a herculean task and a great effort anyway, then this guy has a lot to say. Interesting stuff to be taken with a grain of salt." — Nov 03, 2013 11:54AM
“Every civilization is a fruit from the sturdy tree of barbarism, and falls at the greatest distance from its trunk.”
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“I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“Nothing endures but change.”
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“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”
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“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
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