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Quote by Johan Huizinga
History is the interpretation of the significance that the past ha

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us. – Johan Huizinga

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In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science. – Johan Huizinga

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Religion
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Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. – Johan Huizinga

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Wisdom
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These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution. – Johan Huizinga

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Faith
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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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History

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. – Arthur Erickson

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History

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – David Brin

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History

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. – Jefferson Davis

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History

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The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. – Max Irons

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