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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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. – Margaret Mead

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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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