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    Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.

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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

by Ovid Found in: History Quotes,
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The Thames is liquid history.

The Thames is liquid history.

by John Burns Found in: History Quotes,
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

by Abba Eban Found in: History Quotes,
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I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

by Herbert Hoover 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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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

by Karl Marx Found in: History Quotes,
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

by Henry James Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: History Quotes,
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

by Anatole France Found in: History Quotes,
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