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The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
