(Man's) history is a gezegde

en (Man's) history is a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin
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  Washington Irving

en The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the narrator's voice recedes the connections will seem to grow more tenuous, for each age will want the tale told as if it were of its own making.
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en I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
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en MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument,

but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" --that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
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  Ambrose Bierce

en It is a visible monument to past history and heroics on part of the keepers.
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en Those who talk of the Bible as a 'monument of English prose' are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.
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  T.S. Eliot

en We have a monument here for the greatest troublemakers of our history -- Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
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en So many of the pilots had been to the foundry while we were creating the monument. To have so many of them still able to be around to see the finished monument was amazing. They all came to look at the lettering panel to see their names.
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en History is usually told from the top down by politicians and academics. This is history as told through the voices and stories of everyday people.
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en Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
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  William Shakespeare

en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyers decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.
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en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyer's decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.
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en This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved.
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en The horrid tale of perjury and strife,
Murder and spoil, which men call history.
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en Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.
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  William Shakespeare


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