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“It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with all you love before your eyes: the temples of the gods, your wives and children, the soil of your native land scarred with the ravages of war, and everything which honor and truth call upon you to defend, or recover, or avenge.”
― The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
― The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
“The System has played a trick on today’s would-be revolutionaries and rebels. The trick is so cute that if it had been consciously planned one would have to admire it for its almost mathematical elegance.”
― Technological Slavery: The collected writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a. "The Unabomber"
― Technological Slavery: The collected writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a. "The Unabomber"
“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
― History of the Peloponnesian War
― History of the Peloponnesian War
“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see: and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings: fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid.”
― The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
― The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
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