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    The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

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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.]

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History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

by Augustine Birrell Found in: History Quotes,
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Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my read more

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.

by Unknown Found in: History Quotes,
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What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

by Unknown Found in: Heroism Quotes, History Quotes,
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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.

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Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

by Edward Finlason Found in: History Quotes,
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The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

by Metternich Found in: History Quotes,
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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

by Voltaire Found in: History Quotes,
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It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

by Brian Friel Found in: History Quotes,
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