"Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored." ― Lord Byron Topic(s): History Tags: polished, society More From Lord Byron "Who loves, raves." "The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain." "Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!" More In History "It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise."― Henry A. Kissinger "Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, ‘What happened?’ but rather, ‘How then shall I live?’ And it’s only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins."― Jonathan Sacks "Value people on their potential, not on their history."― Bo Bennett