| God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians. -- Samuel Butler |
| Author:
Butler, SamuelEra:
1835 |
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| Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure. -- Thomas Erskine |
| Author:
Erskine, ThomasEra:
1750 |
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| Study the past, if you would divine the future. -- Confucius |
| Author:
ConfuciusEra:
-551 |
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| If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Author:
Longfellow, Henry WadsworthEra:
1807 |
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| The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. -- William E. Borah |
| Author:
Borah, William E.Era:
1865 |
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| A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. -- Washington Irving |
| Author:
Irving, WashingtonEra:
1783 |
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| A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. -- Plato |
| Author:
PlatoEra:
-427 |
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| I seldom ... go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. -- John Burroughs |
| Author:
Burroughs, JohnEra:
1837 |
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