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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
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 just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.
The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.
Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
