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Quote by Konrad Adenauer
History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoide

History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer

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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. – Konrad Adenauer

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The historian amputates reality. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. – Mary McCarthy, On the Contrary

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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

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