Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness however thorough or revealing their documentation. We are doomed to be forever hailing someone who has just gone around the corner and out of earshot.

Simon Schama
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The quote “the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall” is an insightful piece of wisdom on the pursuit of history. The full quote reads: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” The idea behind this quote is that our actions are what define us, not the moments when we are at our best. By being persistent and remaining humble, we can find greatness even in our failures.

Source: Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations

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