"Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity."

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Source : Stephen Greenblatt (2011). “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”, p.86, W. W. Norton & Company

Stephen Greenblatt

#Legacy Quotes #Warfare Quotes #Force Quotes

“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.”
“I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.”
“The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.”
“All actors are incredibly insecure.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.”
“This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life.”
“Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.”

Source : 'The Inconstant' (1702) act 4, sc. 2
“To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.”

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