You have reckoned that history ought to

“You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.”

— Leopold Von Ranke

Author: Leopold Von Ranke
Category: future
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors

“Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!”

— Oliver Goldsmith

Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Category: beauty
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Lying at the root of the social

“Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.”

— Lech Walesa

Author: Lech Walesa
Category: courage
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