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    History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

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How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

by The Talmud Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

by Norman Cousins Found in: History Quotes,
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History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

by Clarence Darrow Found in: History Quotes,
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Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers read more

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.

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To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

by Orson Wells Found in: History Quotes,
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Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

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History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: History Quotes,
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The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the read more

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.

by Ashurnasirpal Found in: History Quotes,
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Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to read more

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

by John F. Kennedy Found in: History Quotes,
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