Caring about the future of their country and society, Benjamin Franklin left to posterity a rather detailed autobiography about his journey from apprentice to private business and large social projects. Thanks to her we now can learn about those attitudes and events that helped him become one of the most famous people in the world, […]

When Alexander the great demanded that Athens give him the orator Demosthenes, bitterly opposed him, Demosthenes told the Athenians the Aesop’s fable about how the wolf got the sheep to give him a watchdog. The sheep obeyed, gave up and left without protection. The wolf quickly strangled all of them. The Athenians took the hint […]