Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Historians are gossips who tease the dead. – Voltaire, Scribbling Books

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Men have need of history because, without it, the past threatens to overwhelm them. – Guy Fregault, La guerre de la conquête

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History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened. – Earnest Albert Hooten, The Twilight of Man

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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

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