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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft
History will be kind to me for as I intend to write it
History is written by the victors
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see
All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history
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