There is the moral of all human tales;
‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,
First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails,
Wealth — Vice — Corruption, — Barbarism at last.George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 4, st. 108 (1818)
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Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
William James (Will) Durant (1885–1981) American historian, teacher, philosopher
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