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Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, world and/or war:

    “American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.”
    —Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)

    “Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won’t do. It’s an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever be erected on its ruins, which will remain for ever one of the saddest and strangest of all landmarks in the history of twentieth-century thought.”
    —Peter B. Medawar (1915–1987)

    “All the world over, the picturesque yields to the pocketesque.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.”
    —D.W. (David Wark)