"History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the founders of arbitrary governments and false religions have been extraordinary people; and nine tenths of the calamities that have befallen the human race had no other origin than the union of high intelligence with low desires."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.”
“Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time.”
“Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.”
“A mere chronicle of observed events will produce only journalism; combined with a sensitive memory, it can produce art.”
“Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life.”
“Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere-and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity, and weakness, and fear, and anxiety, because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are.”

Source : "Alain de Botton's Healing Arts" by Joshua Rothman, www.newyorker.com. November 19, 2013.
“In human history who hold the reigns of political power, and there are some women who were very much a team player during their husband's oppressive regime.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.”

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