> And that’s the main takeaway I got from reading these three volumes of history. Most of humanity throughout history has suffered from the ambitions of a few.

> And that’s the main takeaway I got from reading these three volumes of history. Most of humanity throughout history has suffered from the ambitions of a few. The people of history that have led us have nearly always led us into suffering. […] > That’s another lesson from reading these books. We glamorize history. […] We have whitewashed history so thoroughly that many people long for the past.