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History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs, privileging him with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniences thereof
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes
The world's history is the world's judgment
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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