Famous quotes containing the words fiat and/or history:
“Then for the Style; Majestick and Divine,
It speaks no less than God in every Line:
Commanding words; whose Force is still the same
As the first Fiat that produc’d our Frame.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
—William James (1842–1910)