Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold.
Will DurantI came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process
Will DurantWar is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
Will DurantA great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her consuming wars.
Will Durant