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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
