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" Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. "

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" All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. "

" Philosophy begins in wonder. "

" The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They're monumental. They're straight out of Page 52 in your school history book. "

" History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. "

" The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. "

Irving R. Kaufman

" My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history. "

" The most important in the history of nations and individuals was once the most trivial, and vice versa. The plebeian, who is called today the 'man in the street,' can never see and understand the significance of the hidden seed of things, which in time must develop or die. "

" This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. "

" Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it. "

" Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was competing with other schools. I did everything: running, volleyball, basketball, soccer, Olympic-style gymnastics, and more! My history with sports gave me good concentration, focus, strength, and motivation to stay healthy. "

" The history of agriculture is the history of humans breeding seeds and animals to produce traits we want in our crops and livestock. "

Michael Specter

" Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. "

Margaret Thatcher

" The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. "

" Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. "

George Bernard Shaw

" Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history. "

Winston Churchill

" Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. "

Pope John Paul II

" World War II was the last government program that really worked. "

" Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. "

" We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians. "

" Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history. "

" The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. "

" History is not just written by the winners; it's written about them. "

" He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. "

" No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. "

" Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another. "

Richard M. Nixon

" History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. "

" Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. "

" Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. "