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    History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

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The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

by Charles A. Beard Found in: History Quotes,
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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.

by Gustav Flaubert Found in: History Quotes,
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The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.

by Herbert Hoover Found in: History Quotes,
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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

by James A. Baldwin Found in: History Quotes,
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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

by Mark Twain Found in: History Quotes,
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The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".

by Marcel Proust Found in: History Quotes,
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It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

by Margaret Thatcher Found in: History Quotes,
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: History Quotes,
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History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual read more

History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest
expression of what can be called Thought.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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