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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without t

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. – B. C. Forbes

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The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. – Peter Berger

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Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. – Cecil Beaton

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My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy

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