Civil war Quote by Tom Holland
““Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had lived through the civil wars, this was the consolation history gave them. Out of calamity could come greatness. Out of dispossession could come the renewal of a civilised order.””
![“that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused with virtues.… A little bit of agitation gives resources to souls and what makes the species prosper isn’t peace, but freedom.” quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/515/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_character_that-in-the-midst-of-murders-and-civil-w_1690483.jpg)
![“[T]he greater the sense of awe with which a text was regarded, the more complete might be the amnesia as to the original circumstances of its composition.” quote by Tom Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b66/tom-holland-3180_history_t-he-greater-the-sense-of-awe-with-which_255137.jpg)
