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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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They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. – James Stockdale

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The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive. – John Morley, Notes on Politics and History

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History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. – Carlton J.H. Hayes

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