History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are set to make very bad history.
History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
History often reads as a hard and grim experience. But people are remarkably resilient and funny, even when the going is very hard.
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.
If people really want to know and learn from history, why do they want bad history? Why don't they want good history? Wouldn't you rather know the truth, rather than the legend?
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.