"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow."

History, Today, Tomorrow, Will, Yesterday

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"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow."

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"There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard."

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"Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home."

Home, Men, Discipline

"Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears."

Man, Men, Society, Community, Riot

"Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business."

Business, Lawyers

"A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day."

Sex, Day, Man, Talk

"A woman's whole life is a history of the affections."

History, Life, Woman

"Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for."

Hope, Acting, Being, Fulfillment

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"Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

History, Misery, Want

"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

Ronald Reagan, American President

History, War, Aggression

"For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

History, Truth, Fact, Man, Present

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

History, Printing, Years

"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice."

Mark Twain, American Author

History, Prejudice

"History is more or less bunk."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

History,

"My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

History, Love, Habit, Research

"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

History, People, Idea

"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

History, Ideas, Leading, Spirits

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"There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard."

"Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home."

"Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears."

"Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business."

"The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use."

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

"A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use."

"A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day."

"A woman's whole life is a history of the affections."

"Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for."

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"Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery."

"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

"For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"

"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice."

"History is more or less bunk."

"My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history."

"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."

"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."