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“The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.”

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Sophocles, born in 498 BC and died in 406 BC, was a renowned Greek tragic playwright. He is one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles' works profoundly revealed the complexity of human nature and social contradictions, exerting a profound influence on subsequent drama. more

“And it's a necessity [for journalists] to pretend to be competent on every subject, some of which they really do not understand. They are under that necessity, I regret; I'm sorry for them. But to pretend to understand all the things you write about, and habitually to write about things you do not understand, is a very corrupting thing.”

Writing Subjects Regret Sorry Journalist I'm Sorry Competent I Regret

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Language is the leading principle which unites or separates the tribes of mankind.”

Language Principles Mankind Tribes

Book:THE HISTORY OF THE DECLIINE AND FALL OF THE EMPIRE

Source: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLIINE AND FALL OF THE EMPIRE

“Greek is doubtless the most perfect [language] that has been contrived by the art of man.”

Men Has Beens Art Language Perfect Greek

Author:Edward Gibbon

“Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.”

Giving Soul Philosophy Body Language Objects Musical Greek Abstraction

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The people can change Congress but only God can change the Supreme Court.”

People Court Congress Supreme Supreme Court People Can Change

Author:George W. Norris

“[The] operation of the wisest laws is imperfect and precarious. They seldom inspire virtue, they cannot always restrain vice.”

Law Virtue Inspire Vices Operations Imperfect Wisest Precarious

Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.”

Interest Authority Contests Legislators Vigilant Dexterity

Book:The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.”

Wells Law Interest Duty Authority Sovereign

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“A Locrian, who proposed any new law, stood forth in the assembly of the people with a cord round his neck, and if the law was rejected, the innovator was instantly strangled.”

People Ifs Law Rounds Necks Rejected Assembly Innovators Cords

Book:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition

Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition

“A jurisdiction thus vague and arbitrary was exposed to the most dangerous abuse: the substance, as well as the form, of justice were often sacrificed to the prejudices of virtue, the bias of laudable affection, and the grosser seductions of interest or resentment.”

Wells Form Interest Justice Virtue Dangerous Abuse Prejudice Affection Substance Exposed Resentment Bias Vague Seduction Arbitrary Jurisdiction

Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V4: the History Focus

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V4: the History Focus

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