History is a pageant and not a philosophy. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the authors private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! – William Makepeace Thackeray
Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction. – W.H. Auden, A Certain World
I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way. – George W. Bush
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong
When I was 11 my friends mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, Im never eating anything else again. And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak. – Aasif Mandvi
