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History is the devil's scripture.
History is the devil's scripture.
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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.
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
