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Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
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.
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
History, a distillation of rumor.
History, a distillation of rumor.