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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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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. – Edward Gibbon

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Weve been a country thats been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability. – Condoleezza Rice

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[I]t was that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history. – John Toland

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For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time. – Louis LAmour

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De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. – Aldous Huxley

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