The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.