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Quote by George Eliot
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. -

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymens miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. – George Eliot

Category:
Vacations
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George Eliot
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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

Category:
Violins
Author
George Eliot
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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

Category:
Portraits
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George Eliot
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Unlike poetry and music, the art of history is cumulative. – John Clive, Not By Fact Alone

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History

The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present. – David Thelen

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History

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting mans pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. – Russell Baker

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History

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. – Luigi Pirandello

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History

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