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Quote by Edith Sitwell
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust.
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. – Edith Sitwell

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I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. – Edith Sitwell

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Edith Sitwell
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects. – Herodotus, The History of Herodotus

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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. – Epicurus

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The obscurest epoch is today. – Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains

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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations. – Queen Elizabeth II

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I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I dont go out and party. I dont smoke, drink or do drugs and Im not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. – Henry Rollins

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