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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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Machiavellis teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. – Lord Acton

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Faith
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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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Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history. – Elizabeth Edwards

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History

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time. – Louis LAmour

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History

So Im OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. – Sidney Poitier

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History

I think theres a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe. – Danica Patrick

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History

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The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. – Virginia Woolf

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A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. Its actually the opposite of that. Its realizing that were all humans, and thats why God sent his Son to this earth – to save people. – Billy Ray Cyrus

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I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden. – Jessica Lange

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You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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