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    If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".

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Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in read more

The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: History Quotes,
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Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

by Sting Found in: History Quotes,
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Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is read more

Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.

by Philip Howard Found in: History Quotes,
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I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up read more

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.

by Edward Vii Found in: History Quotes,
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

by Charles De Gaulle 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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Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

by Gustav Flaubert Found in: History Quotes,
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All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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