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"Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate."

"Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Emotional, Feelings, Tears, Word

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"All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity."

"All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Friendship, Anger, First, Opinion

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"The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need."

"The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need."

John Keegan, English Historian

Man, Men, Time, Leader, Followers

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"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought."

"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought."

Thucydides, Greek Historian

Success, Successful, Desire

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"A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man."

"A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man."

Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian

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"More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England."

"More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England."

Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian

History, England

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"My first book was the book that changed my life."

"My first book was the book that changed my life."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

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"George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech."

"George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Politics, Contention, Names, Right, Speech

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"If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context."

"If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context."

Wilhelm Dilthey, German Historian

Experience, Science, Anthropology, Understanding

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"They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise."

"They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise."

Arrian, Greek Historian

Military, Difficulty

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"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Learning, May, World

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"We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve."

"We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests."

"No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life."

"Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

History, Life, Present

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"The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long."

"The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long."

A. J. P. Taylor, British Historian

Age, Fear, May, Old

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"We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy has been repeatedly questioned."

"We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy has been repeatedly questioned."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

History, Christianity, Accuracy, Memory

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"Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue."

"Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue."

Sallust, Roman Historian

Man, Men, Thought, Ambition, Tongue

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"Boys seek attention, men demand respect."

"Boys seek attention, men demand respect."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Gender, Respect, Maturity, Attention, Character

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"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom."

"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom."

Will Durant, American Historian

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Philosophy

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"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Habit, Habits, Learning, Thinking

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"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."

"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Genius, Conversation, School, Solitude

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"My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language."

"My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Literature, Language, Obscurity

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"Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice."

"Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Character, Choice, First, Nation

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"Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters."

"Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Society, Equality, Affirmation, Brotherhood, Love

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"There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen."

"There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

Disparity, Gentlemen, Navy, Seamen

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"War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford."

"War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

War, Luxury, Nations

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"Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life."

"Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

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"John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded."

"John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

God, Blood, Preaching, Reform

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"With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people."

"With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

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"The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized."

"The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

America, Fathers, Founding

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"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

God, Houses, Rest, Trees

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"Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid""boldly angelic."

"Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid""boldly angelic."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Hope, Resilience, Light, Strength

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"The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred."

"The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred."

George Bancroft, American Historian

Society, First, Ignorance, Interest

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"Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve."

"Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve."

James Anthony Froude, English Historian

Doubt, Philosophy

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"There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance."

"There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance."

Arthur Helps, British Historian

Beauty, Cosmetics, Humility, Modesty

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"Early youth is a baffling time."

"Early youth is a baffling time."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

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"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."

"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."

John Acton, English Historian

Control, Liberty, Prevention

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"When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes."

"When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Family, Strength, Values, Feeling

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"I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore."

"I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore."

William Manchester, American Historian

Peace, Darkness, End

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"Whether we consider hip-hop as an evolved manifestation of the Harlem Renaissance or something completely new under the sun, it clearly has moved beyond the stage of just entertaining lives to that of informing and empowering lives."

"Whether we consider hip-hop as an evolved manifestation of the Harlem Renaissance or something completely new under the sun, it clearly has moved beyond the stage of just entertaining lives to that of informing and empowering lives."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Culture, Music, Empowerment, Information

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"In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community's armed might as well as its pride of place and clan."

"In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community's armed might as well as its pride of place and clan."

John Thorn, American Historian

Challenge, Community, Pride, Strangers

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"In soft regions are born soft men."

"In soft regions are born soft men."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going."

"And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Insight, Infinity, Will

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"Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?"

"Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?"

John Thorn, American Historian

Favorite, Games, Television

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"Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death."

"Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Death, Washington

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"The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."

"The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Knowledge, Evil, Ignorance

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"A life which does not go into action is a failure."

"A life which does not go into action is a failure."

Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian

Life, Action, Failure

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"Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress."

"Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

War, History, Progress, Winning

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"Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation."

"Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Dams, Recreation, Rivers, Wildlife

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"The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself."

"The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself."

C. Northcote Parkinson, British Historian

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