If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.

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But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel...

But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel...

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men...

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men...

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent...

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't...

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't...

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same...

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What...

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...