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Quote by Francis Bacon
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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The history of the world is the worlds court of justice. – Friedrich Schiller

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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[T]he historian and the detective have much in common. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences

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The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly. – Jean Piaget

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