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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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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines. – Andrew Weil

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Human history in essence is the history of ideas. – H. G. Wells

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