A Heart To Resolve, A Head To

History, In Fact, Is No More Than A List Of The Crimes Of Humanity, Human Follies And Accidents

In This Primitive And Abject State [of Hunters And Gatherers], Which Ill Deserves The Name Of Society, The Human Brute, Without Arts Or Laws, Almost Without Sense Or Language, Is Poorly Distinguished From The Rest Of The Animal Creation.

[the Monks'] Minds Were Inaccessible To Reason Or Mercy . . .

The Incapacity Of A Weak And Distracted Government May Often Assume The Appearance And Produce The Effects Of A Treasonable Correspondence With The Public Enemy. If Alaric Himself Had Been Introduced Into The Council Of Ravenna, He Would Probably Have Advised The Same Measures Which Were Actually Pursued By The Ministers Of Honorius.

There Is More Pleasure To Building Castles In The Air Than On The Ground.