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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Bite Sized Wisdom: Paul Johnson

By Rob on September 28, 2005 at 08:10 am
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Paul Johnson


The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false.

-- Paul Johnson, The Quotable Paul Johnson: A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire

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