Famous quotes containing the words history, progress, world and/or war:
“A people without history
Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
Of timeless moments.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.”
—Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)
“O, what a world of vile ill-favoured faults,
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Have you noticed when reading War and Peace the difficulties Tolstoy experienced in forcing morally wounded Bolkonsky to come into geographical and chronological contact with Natasha? It is very painful to watch the way the poor fellow is dragged and pushed and shoved in order to achieve this happy reunion.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
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