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“Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.”

“"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.”

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Author:Andre Gide

“The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single family, might exhibit an interesting and instructive picture of human manners; but the tedious repetition of vague and declamatory complaints would fatigue the attention of the most patient reader.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.”

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Author:Franz Grillparzer

“A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.”

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Author:Mason Cooley

“Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.”

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Author:Nicolas Chamfort

“There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.”

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Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

“Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial attention was paid to versemaking, and this I could never do well. I had many friends, and got together a good collection of old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject.”

Source: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution