Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. – C. S. Lewis

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. – C. Wright Mills

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars. – Charles Austin Beard