“History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.”
Margaret MacMillan, quoted in the New York Review of Books
“Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.”
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“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
Henry David Thoreau, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”
Humorist Josh Billings, quoted in The Kansas City Star
“Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one’s insistence that he possesses it.”
Psychologist Kenneth Bancroft Clark, quoted in the Dayton, Ohio, Daily News
“Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.”
Bertolt Brecht, quoted in BookReporter.com
“Vision without execution is hallucination.”
Thomas Edison, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
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Son arrested over killing of Rob and Michele ReinerSpeed Read Nick, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, has been booked for the murder of his parents
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US offers Ukraine NATO-like security pact, with caveatsSpeed Read The Trump administration has offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to those it would receive from NATO
