Quotes on history

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

Topics: against, already, creatures

“Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”

Topics: even, history, make

“Good prose is like a windowpane.”

Topics: george, good, history

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

Topics: also, hide, history

“To think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration.”

Topics: clearly, first, history

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible.”

Topics: defence, history, jfk speech

“At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.”

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

Topics: deserves, everyone, george

“O fairest of Creation, last and best Of all God’s works.”

Topics: best, creation, fairest

“Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe That all was lost.”

Topics: evil, forth, handled

“Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light.”

Topics: hard, hell, history

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