"On the whole, however, it is only out of pride or gross ignorance, or cowardice, that we refuse to see in the present the lineaments of times to come."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar, 1951

"If a path to the better there be, it begins with a full look at the worst."

-- Thomas Hardy

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

-- Seneca