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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history a

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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Trust
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Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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Birds
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women
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Other Quotes from
History
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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. – Winston Churchill

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History

Although… the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. – James K. Polk

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History

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. – Conrad Black

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History

We proceed out of history into history again. – Sidney Alexander

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History

Random Quotes

Copy from one, its plagiarism; copy from two, its research. – Wilson Mizner

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Plagiarism

No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a [child]. – Knights of Pythagoras

Category:
Custodian Thanks

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future. – Jim Rohn

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Experience

Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao Tse Tung

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Gun Control