History Is Always Repeating Itself, But Each

It May Be True That You Can't Fool All The People All The Time, But You Can Fool Enough Of Them To Rule A Large Country.

In Progressive Societies The Concentration[of Wealth] May Reach A Point Where The Strength Of Number In The Many Poor Rivals The Strength Of Ability In The Few Rich; Then The Unstable Equilibrium Generates A Critical Situation, Which History Has Diversely Met By Legislation Redistributing Wealth Or By Revolution Distributing Poverty.

In Philosophy, As In Politics, The Longest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line.

The Love We Have In Our Youth Is Superficial Compared To The Love That An Old Man Has For His Old Wife.

A History Of Civilization Shares The Presumptuousness Of Every Philosophical Enterprise: It Offers The Ridiculous Spectacle Of A Fragment Expounding The Whole. Like Philosophy, Such A Venture Has No Rational Excuse, And Is At Best But A Brave Stupidity; But Let Us Hope That, Like Philosophy, It Will Always Lure Some Rash Spirits Into Its Fatal Depths.