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Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and char

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman. – George Santayana, The Life of Reason

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If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false. – Dean Kamen

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History is a vast early warning system. – Norman Cousins

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Assassination has never changed the history of the world. – Benjamin Disraeli

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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. – Naguib Mahfouz

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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. – Diogenes

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