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Quote by John Acton
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Acton

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Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. Its like youre touching the essence, the very substance of life. – Kim Novak

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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. – Mahatma Gandhi

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We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. – John F. Kennedy

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