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William the Silent | History Quotes
In patriotic history William was the little David sent against the Spanish Goliath.
Jose Saramago
Ah, who will write the history of what might have been?
Len Deighton
Progress is man’s indifference to the lessons of history.




Napoleon Bonaparte
What then is, generally speaking, the [[truth of history? A fable agreed upon.
Vladimir Lenin
History is moving in zig-zags and by roundabout ways.
Richard Brautigan | History Quotes
All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds.
Harry Turtledove
Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.
Ruhollah Khomeini
The name of Khomeini will always remain in the new chapter of Iranian history.
Penn Jillette
It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.
Friedrich von Schiller
World history is the world's court.
Dan Quayle | History Quotes
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.




Shimon Peres
Historic justice has been done by killing Saddam.
Henry St John
They (Thucydides and Xenophon) maintained the dignity of history.
Gustavo Gutierrez
The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.
E. O. Wilson
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
Benjamin Disraeli | History Quotes
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
Moses I. Finley
Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.
Laurence Sterne
The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.
Oscar Wilde
The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.


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