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We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the read more
We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.