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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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Future
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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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Fear
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The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler. – Franz Kafka

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Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. – Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversation: Diogenes and Plato

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History

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. – John McCarthy

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History

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. – Aldous Huxley

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