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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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Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: History Quotes,
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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: History Quotes,
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The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the read more

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.

by Ashurnasirpal 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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Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

by Edward R. Murrow Found in: History Quotes,
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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

by Herbert Hoover Found in: History Quotes,
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All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: History Quotes,
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