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Quotes by Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”

“Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with the same equanimity as life. No longer will childrens minds be twisted by evil gods whose fantastic origin is in those barbaric tribes who feared death and lightning, who feared life. Thats it: life is the villain to to those who preach reward in death, through grace and eternal bliss, or through dark revenge.”