Knowledge Is The Eye Of Desire And

In Its Youth A People Produce Mythology And Poetry; In Its Decadence, Philosophy And Logic.

Underneath All Civilization, Ancient Or Modern, Moved And Still Moves A Sea Of Magic, Superstition, And Sorcery. Perhaps They Will Remain When The Works Of Our Reason Have Passed Away.

The Soul Of A Civilization Is Its Religion, And It Dies With Its Faith.

An Emperor Knows How To Govern When Poets Are Free To Make Verses, People To Act Plays, Historians To Tell The Truth, Ministers To Give Advice, The Poor To Grumble At Taxes, Students To Learn Lessons Aloud, Workmen To Praise Their Skill And Seek Work, People To Speak Of Anything, And Old Men To Find Fault With Everything.

The South Creates The Civilizations, The North Conquers Them, Ruins Them, Borrows From Them, Spreads Them: This Is One Summary Of History.