History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Quote by Philip Guedalla

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Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make...

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe.

No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe.