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Quote by Samuel Johnson
This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of miser

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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History begins in novel and ends in essay. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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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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From a reality perspective, Im sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I dont know what is. – Jennifer Granholm

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