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Quote by Franz Kafka
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler. – Franz Kafka

Other quotes by Franz Kafka

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. – Franz Kafka

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Food
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Franz Kafka
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Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate… but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins. – Franz Kafka

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Rejection
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Franz Kafka
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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits. – Salman Rushdie

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History

Men have need of history because, without it, the past threatens to overwhelm them. РGuy Fregault, La guerre de la conqu̻te

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History

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history. – Pierre Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary

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History

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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History

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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. – Alan Kay

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