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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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Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one anothers money. Idiots! – Arthur Schopenhauer

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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. – Charles Darwin

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The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing. – David Attenborough

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World history is a court of judgment. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me. – Brian Clough

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