“There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.” TwoWarRealTruthLyingCausesSecretHistoryEventsOfficials Author:Honore de Balzac
“Our unconscious, then, does not believe in its own death; it behaves as if it were immortal. It knows nothing that is negative; in it contradictories coincide. This may be the secret of heroism.” IfsKnowsBelieveMayDoeArtPhilosophySecretHistoryNegativeBehaveUnconsciousImmortalHeroismContradictory Author:Sigmund Freud
“The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.” WorldWholeNaturalSecretSituationMoralHistorySubjectsMankindPhilosopherInvisibleIgnorantMathematicalMetaphysicsExhaustedPlatoCompassDisputesNeglectedReconcileRoman Empire 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 complaints of contemporary writes, who deplore the increase of luxury and deprevation of manners, are commonly expressive of their peculiar temper and situation. There are few observers who possess a clear and comprehensive view of the revolutions of society, and who are capable of discovering the nice and secret springs of action which impel, in the same uniform direction, the bland and capricious passions of a multitude of individuals.” WritingActionPassionIndividualViewsSecretSituationHistoryClearNiceRevolutionCapableSpringIncreaseContemporaryLuxuryMannersPeculiarTemperDiscoveringUniformsMultitudesComplaintsObserversComprehensiveRoman EmpireExpressiveBlandCapricious Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“It is beyond a doubt that during the sixteenth century, and the years immediately preceding and following it, poisoning had been brought to a pitch of perfection which remains unknown to modern chemistry, but which is indisputably proved by history. Italy, the cradle of modern science, was at that time, the inventor and mistress of these secrets, many of which are lost.” YearsLostSecretHistoryDoubtModernCenturyPerfectionRemainsFollowingChemistryMistressInventorCradleModern SciencePoisoning Author:Honore de Balzac
“Secret Societies have existed among all peoples, savage and civilized, since the beginning of recorded history... It is beyond question that the secret societies of all ages have exercised a considerable degree of political influence.” AgePoliticalPoliticsSecretHistoryInfluenceDegreesCivilizedSavagesSecret SocietyPolitical Influence Author:Manly Hall