From Barbarism To Civilization Requires A Century;

Woe To Him Who Teaches Men Faster Than They Can Learn.

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.

Our Knowledge Is A Receding Mirage In An Expanding Desert Of Ignorance.

Men Decided That It Was Better To Pay Taxes Than To Fight Among Themselves; Better To Pay Tribute To One Magnificent Robber Than To Bribe Them All.

No Man Who Is In A Hurry Is Quite Civilized.