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In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more
In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
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.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.
History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
