Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Counsels and Maxims
It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World. Guns, Germs And Steel
Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself. Book VII
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. Essays
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