“The present enshrines the past—and in the past all history has been made by men.”
Introduction : Woman as Other http://books.google.com/books?id=kUW0AAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+present+enshrines+the+past+and+in+the+past+all+history+has+been+made+by+men%22&pg=PA122#v=onepage
The Second Sex (1949)
free of charge sayings https://quotestats.com/topic/free-of-charge-sayings/ (?)
“The lesson of History is rarely learned by the actors themselves.”
Letter to Professor Demmon (16 December 1871), in The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield (1881) by E. E. Brown, p. 424 http://books.google.com/books?id=vCAFAAAAYAAJ
1870s
“Things do happen for a reason, but do we like the reason? Rarely.”
Source: 11/22/63
“In history obedience rarely pays; what pays is defiance.”
Source: The Left Alternative (2009), p. 8
“It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Foreword to The Dreaded Comparison: Animal Slavery and Human Slavery (1996) by Marjorie Spiegel, p. 14 http://books.google.com/books?ei=je4zTPjrBcmTnQfXmMCLBA&ct=result&id=8u_tAAAAMAAJ&dq=dreaded+comparison+%22exist+for+their+own%22&q=%22exist+for+their+own%22.
Source: Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason (1915), p. ix
“In history, the arrival of a small man in a big hat is rarely good news.”
Andrew Marr's History of the World, Episode VI, Revolution (28 October 2012)
“The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country.”
With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
2000s, 2001, First inaugural address (January 2001)
