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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happ

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects. – Herodotus, The History of Herodotus

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This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition. – Gertrude Stein

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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

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