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Consider ancient Athens or Renaissance Florence

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February 19, 2017January 28, 2017 by gerryadmin

“A city that outdistances man’s walking powers is a trap for man.” 

— Arnold Toynbee

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Disheartening but true

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February 18, 2017January 27, 2017 by gerryadmin

“You should never ask a historian to predict the future—we have enough trouble predicting the past.”

A.J.P. Taylor

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The fragility of things

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February 17, 2017January 27, 2017 by gerryadmin

I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.

— Arnold Toynbee

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And so Twitter was invented

Home / Something Wise / And so Twitter was invented
February 16, 2017January 27, 2017 by gerryadmin

The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover some nice difference in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.

— Edward Gibbon

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So let that be a lesson to you

Home / Something Wise / So let that be a lesson to you
February 15, 2017January 25, 2017 by gerryadmin

“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure”.

— Thucydides

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The Melian Dialogue

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February 14, 2017January 25, 2017 by gerryadmin

“Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”

— Thucydides

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But what else is Facebook for?

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February 13, 2017January 24, 2017 by gerryadmin

“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.”

— Edward Gibbon

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No, it’s more fun than that

Home / Something Wise / No, it’s more fun than that
February 12, 2017January 24, 2017 by gerryadmin

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon

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Look up the etymology of “idiot”

Home / Something Wise / Look up the etymology of “idiot”
February 11, 2017January 24, 2017 by gerryadmin

“We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing”

— Pericles, in Herodotus Histories

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What? No video games?

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February 10, 2017January 24, 2017 by gerryadmin

“Step by step they were led to things which dispose to vice, the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance they called civilisation, when it was but a part of their servitude.”

— Tacitus

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