The Love We Have In Our Youth

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.

In The End, Nothing Is Lost. Every Event, For Good Or Evil, Has Effects Forever.

So The Story Of Man Runs In A Dreary Circle, Because He Is Not Yet Master Of The Earth That Holds Him.

Rome Remained Great As Long As She Had Enemies Who Forced Her To Unity, Vision, And Heroism. When She Had Overcome Them All She Flourished For A Moment And Then Began To Die.

Communism Is The Opiate Of The People.