"To know the truth of history is to realize its ultimate myth and its inevitable ambiguity."

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Source : Roy Prentice Basler (1973). “A Touchstone for Greatness: Essays, Addresses, and Occasional Pieces about Abraham Lincoln”, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press

Roy Basler

#History Quotes #Realizing Quotes #Inevitable Quotes

“SAD, BUT ONE DAY OUR KIDS WILL HAVE TO VISIT MUSEUMS TO SEE WHAT A LADY LOOKS LIKE.”
“Some people take no mental exercise apart from jumping to conclusions.”
“The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.252, BoD – Books on Demand
“He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.”
“If you feel driven to feed the poor, get your checkbook out and keep your tyrannical mouth shut about it.”
“The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord has not died of this; He who dwells in the heaven laughs at them.”
“I realized I was afraid of living without him. How is it you have the right to destroy my life, I wanted to demand of him, but Iâ€™m not allowed a say in yours? But I had promised.”
“The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals”

Source : "Dark Rooms: A Saga". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2002.

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