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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
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.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
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.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
