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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. – Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

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

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Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. – John Dewey, Characters and Events

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. – Aristotle

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In history people dressed much better than we do today. – Vivienne Westwood

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