Quote by Anatole France
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. - Anatole F

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. – Anatole France

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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. – Anatole France

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A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life. – Allen Johnson, The Historian and Historical Evidence

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History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it. – Rick Warren

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I was reading a book… the history of glue – I couldnt put it down. – Tim Vine

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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. – Lord Acton

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