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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose. – John le Carre

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The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history Рits mass appeal. РJos̩ Ortega y Gasset, Historical Reason

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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism. – Benito Mussolini

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. – Aristotle

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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. – Norman Borlaug

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