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Margaret MacMillan Quotes: History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.
         

History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.


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We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.

We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.



In the fluid world of 1919, it was possible to dream of great change, or have nightmares about the collapse of order.

In the fluid world of 1919, it was possible to dream of great change, or have nightmares about the collapse of order.



The glories of the past compensated for the imperfections of the present.

The glories of the past compensated for the imperfections of the present.





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As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.



Every Story is different, Every Movie is different, Every Director is different.

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