Quote by George Eliot
Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemi

Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. – George Eliot

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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

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The history of mens opposition to womens emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. – Virginia Woolf

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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. – Benito Mussolini

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All history is incomprehensible without Christ. – Ernest Renan

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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. – Calvin Coolidge

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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here. – Quentin Tarantino

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I think that in todays world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. – Gary Chapman

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Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism? – Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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