Quote by Winston Churchill
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the p

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. – Winston Churchill

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Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers

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Secretly, Im a real big nerd. Id rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel. – Sprague Grayden

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What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again… Ecclesiastes 1:9 – Bible

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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. – Harry S. Truman

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