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Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.
