#history

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#fleeting #forever #glory #obscurity

The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom. ↗

— Jean Bodin

#history #political #study #wisdom

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. ↗

— David Brin

#been #both #both sides #contact #encounter

The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives. ↗

— Mary Fallin

#american dream #better #built #dream #example

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#around #began #college #college students #contained

And when you started looking into Roger East, it was almost like he had disappeared from history. ↗

— Anthony LaPaglia

#disappeared #east #had #history #into

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#definitely #historical #history #i #i think

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#flowed #history #many #music #under

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

#american #american history #aretha #aretha franklin #every

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#book #gore #history #loser #most