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Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
