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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions read more
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
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.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of read more
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
