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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono

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De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. – Aldous Huxley

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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger

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History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. – Thomas Carlyle

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History is philosophy teaching by examples. – Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War

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