"I feel a much greater interest in..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, ... of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too.
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More on History
“Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.”
“Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked the desolation are but atoms of earth themselves.”
“Leadership camp? Isn't that where Hitler went?”
More on Learning
“I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work.”
“The villany you teach me I shall execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.”
“...because knowledge rapidly deteriorates unless it is used constantly, maintaining within an organization an activity that is used only intermittently guarantees incompetence.”