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History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
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.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History: A distillation of rumor.
History: A distillation of rumor.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
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.
