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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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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. – Francis Bacon

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The historian amputates reality. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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To many of the modern generations, history, like God, is dead. – Derek Heather

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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. – Winston Churchill

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I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world. – Comte de Mirabeau

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