History is Philosophy teaching by example.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.