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History does not always repeat itself.
History does not always repeat itself.
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.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
