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Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
History is written by the victors.
History is written by the victors.
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.
Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.
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.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.