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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. – Ambrose Bierce

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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. – Ambrose Bierce

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Time is my greatest enemy. – Evita Peron

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Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried. – Henry Louis Gates

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World history is a court of judgment. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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The history of the world is the worlds court of justice. – Friedrich Schiller

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