Provocative thoughts

[Vexari]

There is an exceptionally beneficial and fruitful advantage to be derived from the study of the past.

There you see, set in the clear light of historical truth, examples of every possible type.

From these you can select for yourself and your country what to imitate,

and also what, as being mischievous in its inception and disastrous in its consequences,

you should avoid..


~ The Roman historian Livy ~