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

History, a distillation of rumour. – Thomas Carlyle

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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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History passes the final judgment. – Sidney Poitier

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We proceed out of history into history again. – Sidney Alexander

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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history. – Eliot Spitzer

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