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History — that little sewer where man loves to wallow. - Fra

History — that little sewer where man loves to wallow. – Francis Ponge

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Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge

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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. – Will Durant

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Im not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. – Richard Dawkins

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The history of the world is the worlds court of justice. – Friedrich Schiller

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There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable besides. – Philip Howard

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