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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Historian. A broad -- gauge gossip. - Ambrose Bierce

Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce

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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them. – B. R. Ambedkar

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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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

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History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. – Rosa Luxemburg

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