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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “It is impossible to underrate human intelligence…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “It is less difficult to bear misfortunes…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “It is clear that not in one…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “It is evident that in the period…”

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Ancient wisdom

Thucydides quote: “It is frequently a misfortune to have…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “It belongs to human nature to hate…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “It is always good men who do…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “It is better by noble boldness to…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “In soft regions are born soft men…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “Inquiry is fatal to certainty…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Intimates are predestined…”

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Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner quote: “In real life, of course, it is…”

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B. H. Liddell Hart

B. H. Liddell Hart quote: “In reality, it is more fruitful to…”

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B. H. Liddell Hart

B. H. Liddell Hart quote: “In should be the duty of every…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “In my youth, I stressed freedom, and…”

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Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner quote: “In real life, it is the hare…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “In a state where corruption abounds, laws…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “Illness strikes men when they are exposed…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “If man asks for many laws, it…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “If someone were to put a proposition…”

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G. M. Trevelyan

G. M. Trevelyan quote: “If the French noblesse had been capable…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “I never yet feared those men who…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “If a man insisted always on being…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “If it were a real effort to…”

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G. M. Trevelyan

G. M. Trevelyan quote: “I have two doctors, my left leg…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “I have written too much history to…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “I am bound to tell what I…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “I am not against hasty marriages, where…”

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Historian quotes

Paul Fussell quote: “I find nothing more depressing than optimism…”

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