For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.

—J. W. Schopf

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History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

—Edward Gibbon

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

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I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall, / And when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all.

—Ani DiFranco

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