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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselve

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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When we skim along the surface of history we see little but the rough barren rocks that rise out of it. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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What is history but a fable agreed upon? – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage – the union between one man and one woman – has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nations history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. – Jim DeMint

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History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. Its one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldnt live without. – Howard Nemerov

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I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin – from the garden. I grow carrots, peppers, strawberries, green beans, and things for salads, but there are lots of wild boars all around and they steal the food. – Jean Dujardin

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My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did. – Dylan Walsh

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