Sociable/history

Famous quotes containing the words sociable and/or history:

    “I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “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)