History is not the soil in which happiness grows. The periods of happiness in it are the blank pages of history.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGELHistory teaches us that man learns nothing from history.
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Every consciousness pursues the death of the other.
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
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By Nature man is not what he ought to be; only through a transforming process does he arrive at truth.
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War is progress, peace is stagnation.
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We learn from history that we do not learn from history.
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History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.
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The one who merely flees is not yet free. In fleeing he is still conditioned by that from which he flees.
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When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
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Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.
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Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
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To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.
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Wickedness also resides in the gaze that perceives itself as innocent and surrounded by wickedness.
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The most obvious symptoms of an epoch-making system are the misunderstandings and the awkward conduct of its adversaries.
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Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?
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Evil resides in the very gaze which perceives Evil all around itself.
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