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Quote by Hippolyte Taine
History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psycholog

History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology. – Hippolyte Taine

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I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. – Hippolyte Taine

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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them. – George W. Bush

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History

So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. – Murray Gell-Mann

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History

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

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History

Life isnt meant to be easy. Its hard to take being on the top – or on the bottom. I guess Im something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Life is one crisis after another. – Richard M. Nixon

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The eye is the jewel of the body. – Henry David Thoreau

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