![To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).](/assets/img/quote-photos/to-history-has-been-assigned-the-office-of-judging-the-past-of-instructing-the-p.jpg)
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past political reform
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come. Charles Caleb Colton
past men miracle
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide." Charles Dickens
past self years
Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last. Charles Studd
past done lasts
Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.
past years tvs
My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema). Charles Stross
past years judging
It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago. Charles Spurgeon
past giving video
Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Alanis Morissette
past puppets driven
We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us. Alan Watts
judging fancy taste
'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.
judging lawyer chosen
"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.
judging
In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear.
judging fame intrigue
I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.
judging people fields
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris
judging earth asteroids
Happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations... Dave Barry
judging
Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience. Carl Sagan
judging mercy ifs
There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death. William Shakespeare
judging charity
Gently to hear, kindly to judge.
office funeral coffins
The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.
office words-of-wisdom castles
... No, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go into the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come into the Castle, I leave the office behind me.
office president half
Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I'm only half joking Alan Greenspan
office house looks
My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. David Morrissey
office library desks
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.
office people individual
People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual. David Greenberg
office important affair
Another important rule of affair-having: Never be discreet at the office.
office done casting
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.
offices responsibility terms wives
There are wives who are very involved with their husbands' offices and really take their responsibility seriously in terms of issues and things like that. I was never very comfortable with being part of that.