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The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
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.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
