Quote by Howard Nemerov
A chronicle is very different from history proper. - Howard Nemero

A chronicle is very different from history proper. – Howard Nemerov

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Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. – Howard Nemerov

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Poetry
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Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadows speed. – Howard Nemerov

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Science
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Theres a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq. – Joe Biden

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History

Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. – George Eliot

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History

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire of societies old and new of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by Gods Will, united in spirit and in aim. – Queen Elizabeth II

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History

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. – Lord Jeffrey

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Thats always a cool thing to be the voice of what the eyes are seeing. It gives you the role of the Greek chorus and thats always fun to do. – Jorge Garcia

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. – Hippocrates

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Enjoyment is just the sound of being centered. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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