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Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
