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[On Jason Mashak's book SALTY AS A LIP, as reviewed in The Prague Post:] Mashak amalgamates various national, historical — Stephan Delbos
One of the main purposes of university education is to escape from the Zeitgeist, from the mean, narrow, provincial spir — Martin Wight, International Theory: The Three Traditions
History will always repeat itself, because it makes for good reading. It doesn't have to be truthful or factual, just en — Anthony T. Hincks
I do not think it possible to convey the moral energy that went into this division between abstraction and realism, from — Arthur C. Danto, After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. — James Joyce, Ulysses
Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to — Moderata Fonte, The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be ques — Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself. — Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty
Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historia — Mark Twain
Those who understand history are condemned to watch other idiots repeat it. — Peter Lamborn Wilson
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, c — Criss Jami, Killosophy
The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography — Rachel Carson
Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place. — Gore Vidal, Julian
We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’ — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter. — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not tr — David Drake, Patriots
I tell you, lad, that men will believe is one says, "The Gods say..." They will believe if one says, "I had a Vision..." — Sheri S. Tepper, King's Blood Four
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—thi — Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants