Wednesday 29 January 2014

The Wit and Wisdom of... Charlemagne

Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam nosse, prius tamen est nosse quam facere

(Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right)

Charles, King of the Franks and the Lombards, and the "most serene Augustus, crowned by God, great and pacific emperor, governing the Roman Empire", better known as Charlemagne, c.745- 28th January 814. Regarded as one of the inspirations for the European ideal.

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