There Is No Significant Example In History,

Knowledge Is Power But Only Wisdom Is Liberty.

History Is Always Repeating Itself, But Each Time The Price Goes Up.

Never Mind Your Happiness; Do Your Duty.

To Give Life A Meaning, One Must Have A Purpose Larger Than Self.

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.