Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals.
History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable.
Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.
Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.