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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
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.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.