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History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.


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Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.



The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.



But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.



You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.



Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.



Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.



If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.



The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.





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Then if my friendships break and bend, There's little need to cry The while I know that every foe Is faithful till I die.

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