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Bertolt Brecht1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936Henry Adams1 quote
Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. — Henry Adams · 1907Leo Tolstoy1 quote
In historical events great men-so called-are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels they have the least possible connection with the event itself. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Thomas Campbell1 quote
What millions died-that Caesar might be great! — Thomas Campbell · 1799Thomas Carlyle1 quote
The history of the world is but the biography of great men. — Thomas Carlyle · 1840