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Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers

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World history is tragic. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. – Thomas Carlyle

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