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“Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.”
“Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.”
“A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.”
“Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.”
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
“The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us.”
“Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.”
“What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.”
“In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.”
“Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.”
“History: A distillation of rumor.”
“All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.”
“My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.”
“It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.”
“Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.”
“Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't.”
“There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.”
“There is no life that does not contribute to history.”
“Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.”
“Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.”
“We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.”