History … is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind
fuckyeahhistorycrushes:
Frederic Chopin (1st March 1810 - 17th october 1849). I have complete admiration for composers in general, but I find his music to just be something of absolute true beauty which makes me completely habour a crush on him. Waltz in C Sharp Minor. Just listen to it and I dare you not to fall in love.
…Present-day readers of maxims take a relatively insignificant delight in them, scarcely a mouthful of pleasure; they react like typical viewers of cameos, praising them because they cannot love them, and quick to admire, but even quicker to run away.
Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
historical-nonfiction:
Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders eventually succeeded in smuggling felines, which they sold to rich people in Athens and other important cities.
…Most of all we lack the art of psychological dissection and calculation in all classes of society, where one hears a lot of talk about men, but none at all about man.
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of a great mind is agreeing in the opinions of small minds?
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
