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History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: read more
Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
