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Quote by Edward Gibbon
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, fol

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon

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Theres a difference between knowing whats on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys. – Garth Brooks

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Our cultures obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics. – Sloane Crosley

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History: a collection of epitaphs. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary

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History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same. – Walter Rauschenbusch

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