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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.

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A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

by Abram Joseph Ryan Found in: History Quotes,
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The Thames is liquid history.

The Thames is liquid history.

by John Burns Found in: History Quotes,
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

by Francis Bacon Found in: History Quotes,
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With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

by John Carman Found in: History Quotes,
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History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

by John W. Gardner Found in: History Quotes,
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As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

by Gerald Barzan Found in: History Quotes, Past Quotes,
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The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a read more

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

by Gerald R. Ford Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

by George Santayana Found in: History Quotes,
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