Quote by Thomas Carlyle
It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we t

It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. – Thomas Carlyle

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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. – Thomas Carlyle

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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. – Thomas Carlyle

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Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. – Thomas Carlyle

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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. – Paul Eldridge, Maxims for a Modern Man

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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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Whether a womans running for office or shes supporting her husband whos running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, theres just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. – Hillary Clinton

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Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that – Julian Barnes

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