"A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century."

History, Knowledge, Beginning, Man

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"A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century."

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"Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It's a crime."Fuka-Eri thought about that for a moment.Tengo went on, "Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us - is rewritten - we lose the ability to sustain our true selves."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

History, Memory, Identity, Crime

"Mankind, not womankind, has slaughtered more humans in the name of God and Religion than for any other reason."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

History, Truth, Regret, Power, Wisdom

"Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

History, Truth, Slavery, Power, Opportunity

"Most of Jesus' life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament, known as the Canonical gospels, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are not biographies in the modern sense but accounts with allegorical intent. They are written to engender faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the incarnation of God, and not to provide factual data about Jesus's life. This left the door of exaggeration open. And through that door all kinds of mystical non-sense crept in and made place right alongside the good philosophical teachings of Jesus."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

History, Religion, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"It must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

History, Guilt, Cruelty, Confession, Humanity

"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know."

George Eliot, British Author

History, Men, Persecution

"There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

History, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by men, not women."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

History, Gender, Truth, Conflict

"History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

History, Evil, Conflict, People

"The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

History, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

Trust, Belief, Man

"A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century."

History, Knowledge, Beginning, Man

"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge."

Knowledge, Growth, Divinity, Learning

"Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches."

Government, People, Will

"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."

Fact, Falsehood

"The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue."

History, Virtue, Fancy, Understanding

"To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian."

Christian, Being, First, Letters

"This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society."

Friendship, Society, Friends, Possessions

"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."

Religion, Errors, Philosophy

"The law always limits every power it gives."

Power, Law, Limits