The best Quotes by Philomena Cunk

The Dark Ages were a tragedy for human progress that put back the ollout of 5G by hundreds of years.

If you were Christian back then, perhaps the worst place to find yourself was the Colosseum, an area of misery on a par with Birmingham.

Whether or not they think he was the actual son of God who performed miracles like walking on wine or helping a deaf man see, they all agree he preached tolerance and forgiveness, a message so important his most ardent followers would eventually start killing anyone who didn't want to hear it.

Thanks to the volcano we know every-day Romans had grey skin, were totally bald, and spent their time lying around inside their shockingly dusty houses.

When most first think of the word "empire", we think of the big one: Star Wars! Or Rome. And this is history, so it's Rome.

Philosophy is basically thinking about thinking. Which sounds like a waste of time, because it is.

The ancient Greeks invented lots of things we still have today, like medicine and olives. And lots of things that have died out, like democracy and pillars. They also developed culture in the form of yoghurt and theater in all its tedious forms.

Emojis. Or as the ancient Egyptians who invented them called them: Hieroglyphics.

Writing changed the world. Suddenly ideas didn't have to disappear just because the person whose head they were trapped in had died.

Having conquered numbers, humankind moved on to something even more boring: by inventing writing.

The wheel allowed people to travel around, trading things. But first, they needed to count how many things they owned. And that led to the tragic invention of maths.