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Lytton Strachey

Ignorance is the...

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian --ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and...

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It is not...

It is not the historian's business to be complimentary; it is his business to lay bare the facts of the case, as he...

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Perhaps of all...

Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

Source: Words...

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Discretion is not...

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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One should be...

One should be just as careful about lying as about telling the truth.

Source: In...

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