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    Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: History Quotes,
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The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

by Anon. Found in: History Quotes,
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While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

by George William Curtis 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 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.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: History Quotes,
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We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.

by Adm Stansfield Turner Found in: History Quotes,
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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?

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The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: History Quotes,
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We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

by Nathanael Greene Found in: History Quotes,
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