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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more
It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.
History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.
History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.
I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more
I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.
Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all
hearts.
[It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono
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Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all
hearts.
[It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono
Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.]
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
