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Quote by Max Beerbohm
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would ne

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm

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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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The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. – Robert Menzies

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell

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You dont hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. – Stephen Ambrose

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History… is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. – James Joyce, Ulysses

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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. – Sholom Aleichem

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