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There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of…
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
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No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by…
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Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.
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We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the past.
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It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from…
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Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of…
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There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed…
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A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
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But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.
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History provides no precise guidelines.
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Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength…
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also…
— Mortimer Adler
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Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by…
— Annie Besant
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Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'
— Anthony Bourdain
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A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an…
— Anton Chekhov
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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
— Horace
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I will play to create history and enjoy myself and give pleasure to the fans.
— Olivier Giroud
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Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.
— Ian Mcewan
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It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any…
— J I Packer
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The real purpose of painting is to give pleasure.
— Robert Ryman
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THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I can’t function around a man if I know his ability to give pleasure.
— Kristen Ashley
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