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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Give the historians something to write about.
Give the historians something to write about.
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
