"History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy."

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"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

History, Religion, Morality, Mankind

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

History, Symbolism, Patriotism, Emotion

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

History, Men

"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

History, Truth, Opposition, Change

"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

History, Truth, Future, Wisdom

"We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

History, Past, Life, Repetition

"How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

History, War, Art, Protest, Power

"Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

History, Nature, Power, Wisdom, Today

"There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or three hundred years ago, says that which lies close to my own soul, that which I also had wellnigh thought and said."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

History, Past, Soul, Connection

"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."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

History, Life, Death, Chance

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"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."

Books, Man, World

"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."

Act, Creation

"Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world."

Books, Haste, Language, Man

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"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

"We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed."

"How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

"Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations."

"There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or three hundred years ago, says that which lies close to my own soul, that which I also had wellnigh thought and said."

"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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"History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy."

"Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm."

"Libraries are not made, they grow."

"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."

"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."

"Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world."