"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines."

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Source : Marc Bloch (1992). “The Historian's Craft”, p.40, Manchester University Press

Marc Bloch

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“After debauches and orgies there always follows the moral hangover.”

Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”
“Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.”
“The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.”
“It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.”
“I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.”
“In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.”
“I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.”
“Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror.”

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