"Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat. ... A museum should be established to remind China of the follies and disasters that had fallen from 1966 to 1976. We cannot forget what had happened and history should not repeat itself."

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Source : "Pioneers of Modern China: Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese". Book by Khoon Choy Lee, 2005.

Ba Jin

#Museums Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“It's easy to forget how to appreciate your front door when you're always walking through it”
“Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.”
“The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.”
“Never shall a man attain to the perfect love of God who has not loved to perfection some creature in this world.”

Source : "L'Heptameron". Book by Marguerite de Navarre (Second Day, Novel XIX; 1558), as translated by Samuel Putnam in his book "Marguerite of Navarre" (p. 53), 1935.
“And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.”
“The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and 'Richard III' have been incalculably more influential than any more sober historical study.”
“It often happens that when couples get their relationship to God straightened out, their relationships with one another begin to straighten out as well.”
“Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.”

Source : C. J. Cherryh (2011). “Deceiver”, p.123, Penguin

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