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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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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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. – Lord Acton

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Change
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. – Douglas MacArthur

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Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country – this music contained the real history of the people of this country. – Jackson Browne

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History

The only history is a mere question of ones struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do. – David Herbert Lawrence

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History

The history of liberty is a history of resistance. – Woodrow Wilson

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History

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Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientists search for truth. – Irving Langmuir

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The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one. – William H. Seward

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Change

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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Life

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Happiness