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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

by Matsuo Basho Found in: History Quotes,
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[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

by Adm James Stockdale Found in: History Quotes,
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I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

by A. Whitney Brown Found in: History Quotes,
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History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

by Henry Ford Found in: History Quotes,
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

by Earl Wilson Found in: Yesterday Quotes,
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History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: History Quotes,
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I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a read more

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

by Andrea Jung Found in: History Quotes,
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Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: History Quotes,
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