Quote by Julien Benda
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. – Julien Benda

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I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning mans future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. – Julien Benda

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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda

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History, as long as it continues to happen, is always another chance. – R. Jackson Wilson

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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm

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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. – Albert Schweitzer

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I came, I saw, I conquered. – Julius Caesar

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Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins. – American Indian Proverb