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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

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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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Its a struggle but thats why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again. – Audre Lorde

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I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. – Maynard James Keenan

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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. – Umberto Eco

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Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors. – Nicolas Chamfort, Maxims and Considerations

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