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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There arent just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. Its our evolutionary history. – James Lovelock

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Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history. – Robert Anton Wilson

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I dont seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesnt help me. Precedents dont inform my experience. – Bill Nighy

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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Huxley

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