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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.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?
What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
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.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
