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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
