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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.
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.
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions read more
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is read more
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
