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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. - Gus

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. – Gustave Flaubert

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I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. – Gustave Flaubert

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The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. – Gustave Flaubert

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Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. – Robert Mugabe

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There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. – James Lovelock

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Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents. – William Hague

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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. – Arthur Erickson

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