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Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Funny Man Humor Extraordinarily Those Laughed Temperament Weep He Knew Him Lincoln His Did Essential Explained Aspect Who
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. Edward Gibbon
Loneliness Beginning Thinking Final Ourselves Longer Talk Genuine End
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. Edward Gibbon
Freedom Poverty Our Despotism Possessions Secured Strongest Since Desires
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. G. M. Trevelyan
Education Worth Reading Distinguish Unable Worth Reading Able Vast Read Produced Population
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. Hannah Arendt
Defining Without Reveals Error Committing Storytelling Meaning
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. Henry Adams
Man Simplicity Betrayed Most Mistress Deceitful Ever
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry Adams
Education Ignorance Science Nothing Astonishing Facts Accumulate Form Amount
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Herodotus
Time Will Rest Few Right Time Correct Historian Very Few Things Happen Conscientious Right Things Things Happen Defects
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Herodotus
Knowledge People See Give More More People Weigh Weight Accomplishments Than May Many Lustre
There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. John Keegan
You People World Wicked Except Force Deal Certain
If you are strong, and you are fighting the weak for any period of time, you are going to become weak yourself. If you behave like a coward, then you are going to become cowardly - it's only a question of time. Martin Van Creveld
Time You Yourself Strong Coward Become Cowardly Fighting Weak Only Like Period Question Behave Any Going Then
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art. Michel Foucault
Work Truth Art Time Madness Abolition Absolute Break Which Forms Moment
When the whole world is globalized, you're going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match. Rene Girard
You World Fire Single Able Match Going Whole Thing Set
There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this electronic media and these blogs and this kind of fanatical impulse to bring down the opposing candidate. Robert Dallek
Day You Age Opposing Down Kind Day And Age Between Over Got Nonsense Line Blogs Discussion Candidate Impulse Fanatical Laps Electronic Electronic Media Serious Media Bring
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. Sallust
Good Honesty Money King Good Deeds Soldiers Neither Only Merit Nor Won Friends Deeds Defend
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible. Sallust
Yourself Possible Talk Little Much
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. Tacitus
Ruin Unless Tempered Generosity Leads Due Moderation Candor
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. Tacitus
Would Ability Never Had No-One He Emperor Been His Doubted Reign
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. Tacitus
Best Good History Enemies Will Evil Assured Those Thou Worst Thy Friends Done Thee Who Whom
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. Thucydides
Strong Weak Accept
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Thucydides
Respect Men Despise Way Those Give Court Them Naturally Who
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. Thucydides
Anger First Spring Outbreak Insignificant Unseen Generally Causes Often Being Explosion Wars
This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice. Victor Davis Hanson
Hope Enemies Victory Sacrifice Past Enough Further Battered No Hope Only Thus Cease Bloody Acknowledge Us Means Useless Resistance
Inquiry is fatal to certainty. Will Durant
Inquiry Certainty Fatal
The key to victory lies more in manipulation and cooperation than in exceptional personal skills. Yuval Noah Harari
Key Victory Lies More Exceptional Than Personal Manipulation Skills Cooperation
Nothing should be taken for granted, even if everybody believes it. Yuval Noah Harari
Nothing Everybody Taken Taken For Granted Should Granted Even Believes
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