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Quote by Samuel Butler
God cannot alter the past, but historians can. - Samuel Butler

God cannot alter the past, but historians can. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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Truth
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History
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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. Were a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues. – Madeleine Albright

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History

History is a pageant and not a philosophy. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History

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History

Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24. – David M. Shoup

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History

History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass. – Frederic Harrison, The Meaning of History

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History

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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. – Pericles

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Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. – Evan Esar

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When youre playing a romantic version of a real person, youre playing a version of the truth. – Andrea Riseborough

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Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does. – Mary S. Almanac

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