Leprosy/history

Famous quotes containing the words leprosy and/or history:

“The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach.”
—Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)

“Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)