Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, History Quotes, Evil Quotes

The first lesson of history is that evil is good.

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The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

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In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

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Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical.

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A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.

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Only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by it.

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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.

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History, sir, will tell lies as usual.

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History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

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The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

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We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

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It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.

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I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

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Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

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The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.

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It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. ... The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood.

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History paints the human heart.

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

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