Cultural creation... begins where chaos and insecurity end.
Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.
History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.