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Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
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.
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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.