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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of read more
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands read more
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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.
History -- its what those bitter old men write.
History -- its what those bitter old men write.
