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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

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler

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Life
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Samuel Butler
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Other Quotes from
History
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The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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History

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. – Nick Clegg

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History

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong

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History

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art. – V. S. Naipaul

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History

Random Quotes

Love is a friendship set to music. – Joseph Campbell

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Friendship

Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. – Thomas Dekker

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Health

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. – Charles Dickens

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good

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. – Charles Caleb Colton

Category:
Attitude