Dungeon/history

Famous quotes containing the words dungeon and/or history:

“We are all serving a life-sentence in the dungeon of self.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

“Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized—the question involuntarily arises—to what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)