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    History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

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No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

by Henry Brooks Adams Found in: History Quotes,
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The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

by Max Beerbohm Found in: History Quotes,
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The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

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All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

by Thomas Hardy Found in: History Quotes,
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In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

by Farouk I Found in: History Quotes, Kings Quotes,
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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

by Grover Cleveland Found in: History Quotes,
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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.

by Margaret Thatcher Found in: History Quotes,
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She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: History Quotes,
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