Quote by Albert Camus
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in histo

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. – Albert Camus

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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. – Albert Camus

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Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. – Albert Camus

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The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. – Henry Louis Gates

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Strip malls are history. – Jeff Bezos

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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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And having wisdom with each studious year, in meditation dwelt, with learning wrought, and shaped his weapon with an edge severe, sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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