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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Edward Gibbon History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.History and HistoriansQuotations by Edward Gibbon
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. Voltaire History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.History and HistoriansQuotations by Voltaire
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors. Voltaire The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.OpinionsQuotations by Voltaire
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly. Voltaire One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.Coward and CowardiceQuotations by Voltaire
Human history in essence is the history of ideas. H.G. Wells Human history in essence is the history of ideas.History and HistoriansQuotations by H.G. Wells