"Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out."

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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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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 becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities."

Susan Sontag, American Author

History, Exhaustion, Man, Possibilities

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

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

History, Change, Idea, Ownership, Past

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

History, Mistake, Truth, Life

"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

History, Aristocracy, Class, Life

"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses."

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"Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing."

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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes."

"The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself."

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

"The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities."

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

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

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"The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses."

"One half who graduate from college never read another book."

"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."

"Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing."

"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you."

"I have two doctors, my left leg and my right."

"Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization."

"A little man often cast a long shadow."

"Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out."