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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
