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But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.