A lot of people would say history is important because it helps us to predict the future. I don't think that it does particularly. What it really teaches you is that things have not always been the same, and they don't have to be the way they are.
Copy QuoteOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
Copy Quote View & ShareHistory is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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