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You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”
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“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
― What Is History?
― What Is History?
“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.”
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“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”
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