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May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.


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Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.



To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.



Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.



Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.



Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.



And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.



History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.



Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.



My wife, the star I steer by.

My wife, the star I steer by.



Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.





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