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“I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed.”

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Book:The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

Source: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

“History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents.”

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Author:C. V. Wedgwood

“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

“History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.”

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Book:The Works of Voltaire: Ancient and modern history

Source: The Works of Voltaire: Ancient and modern history

“History: a collection of epitaphs.”

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Book:A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard

Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard

“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

“The search for causes must come after the collection of facts.”

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Author:Hippolyte Taine