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When we skim along the surface of history we see little but the ro

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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History repeats itself, and thats one of the things thats wrong with history. – Clarence Darrow

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History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. – Rosa Luxemburg

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Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. – Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses, 1910

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