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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. – Alexis de Tocqueville, 1856

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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A chronicle is very different from history proper. – Howard Nemerov

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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. – Henry James, Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. – Dick Gregory

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