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Quote by Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thin

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. – Will Durant

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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, youve got it half-made. I mean intellectually. – V. S. Naipaul

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History

In history people dressed much better than we do today. – Vivienne Westwood

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History

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. – Howard Nemerov

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History

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, Im optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history. – Jared Diamond

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Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that hes not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. Thats why he inspires people and inspires me. – Stephen Collins

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It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. – Loren Eiseley, “The Innocent Fox,” The Star Thrower, 1978

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