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I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
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.
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
