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    Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

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

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

by Voltaire Found in: History Quotes,
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Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

by Francis Herbert Hedge Found in: History Quotes,
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True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

by Vaclav Havel Found in: History Quotes,
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

by Don Herold Found in: History Quotes,
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The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

by Jessamyn West Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

by George Santayana Found in: History Quotes,
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I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

by Charlotte Barnard Found in: History Quotes,
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History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

by Winston Churchill Found in: History Quotes,
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