We spend a great deal of time studying history, which, let’s face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So

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History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. - KURT VONNEGUT

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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

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In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. — Dante Alighieri

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History has shown there are no invincible armies. ― Joseph Stalin

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The past changes a little every time we retell it. - HILARY MANTEL

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I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget. — George W. Bush

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Failure is impossible.

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History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. — James Fenimore Cooper

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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James A. Baldwin

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