Culture and Tradition

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

It would not be possible for Noah to do in our day what he was permitted to do in his own ... The inspector would come and examine the Ark, and make all sorts of objections.

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, 47 t h a n g o o d c u l t u r e w i t h o u t t h e disposition.