Entropy/history

Famous quotes containing the words entropy and/or history:

    Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
    Václav Havel (b. 1936)

    The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
    Samuel Butler (1835–1902)