History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. View quotes by Edward Gibbon
Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. View quotes by Quentin Crisp
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you. View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
