Those Who Know Nothing About History Are

Which Is Now A More Hopeful Statement Than Swift Intended It To Be.

Nothing Is New Except Arrangement.

Civilization Is A Stream With Banks. The Stream Is Sometimes Filled With Blood From People Killing, Stealing, Shouting And Doing The Things Historians Usually Record, While On The Banks, Unnoticed, People Build Homes, Make Love, Raise Children, Sing Songs, Write Poetry And Even Whittle Statues. The Story Of Civilization Is What Happened On The Banks.

Education Is The Transmission Of Civilization.

If Man Asks For Many Laws It Is Only Because He Is Sure That His Neighbor Needs Them; Privately He Is An Unphilosophical Anarchist, And Thinks Laws In His Own Case Superfluous.