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If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
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On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.
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Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
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From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the…
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The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is…
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Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with…
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Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.
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For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is…
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and…
— Lord Acton
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Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is…
— Henry Rollins
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All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate into an…
— Hjalmar Branting
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The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.
— Regina Doman
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The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.
— Harry J. Anslinger
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I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts…
— David Hilbert
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An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it…
— Albert Einstein
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The human mind is like Van Halen. If you just pull out one piece and keep replacing it, it just degenerates.
— Fran Kranz
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