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Quote by Lord Acton
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the s

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. – Lord Acton

Other quotes by Lord Acton

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. – Lord Acton

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Morning
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Lord Acton
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. – Lord Acton

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Nature
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Lord Acton
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. – Lord Acton

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Society
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Other Quotes from
History
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A mere compilation of facts presents only the skeleton of History; we do but little for her if we cannot invest her with life, clothe her in the habiliments of her day, and enable her to call forth the sympathies of succeeding generations. – Hannah Farnham Lee, The Huguenots in France and America

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History

Live out of your imagination, not your history. – Stephen Covey

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History

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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History

I dont believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. – Pablo Picasso

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History

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I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design. – Stephen Sprouse

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design

All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology. – John W. Thompson

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Technology

The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we dont know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see. – Carly Fiorina

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Money