Quote by Thomas Carlyle
History, a distillation of rumour. - Thomas Carlyle

History, a distillation of rumour. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. – Thomas Carlyle

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Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! – Thomas Carlyle

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History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer

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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. – John Maynard Keynes

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In history people dressed much better than we do today. – Vivienne Westwood

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The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. – Peter Berger

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