"Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort."

History, Nature, Effort, Humannature

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

History, Change, Idea, Ownership, Past

"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

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

History, Death, Decay, Memory

"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

"The United States was born in the country and moved to the city in the nineteenth century."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

History, Country, City, America

"The past is not a package one can lay away."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

History, Past, Memory, Time

"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

History, Memory, Study, Truth

"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

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"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick."

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"Fears and lies intensify consciousness."

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"Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

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

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

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

"The United States was born in the country and moved to the city in the nineteenth century."

"The past is not a package one can lay away."

"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

"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."

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"Never ask a bore a question."

"I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box."

"While there's life, there's fear."

"Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?"

"Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?"

"The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds."

"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."

"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick."

"Fears and lies intensify consciousness."

"Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back."