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Paul Eldridge
American
Educator
About the author
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#History
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Universe
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Rules
#Discovery
Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Reading
#Living
#Lies
#Salvation
#Epitaphs
Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Past
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Man
#Idea
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Truth
#Facts
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
Paul Eldridge,
American
Educator
#Love
#Passion
#Jealousy