Tupac Shakur Quotes

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.

I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

I like historical things; I like researching things.

Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

The real world is horrible.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

When I was a kid, I loved history because history to me was a big story.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

I've always been fascinated by history.

I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.

I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction?

From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will find most alleviations.

You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life.

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.

I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

And it's the wonders I'm after, even if I have to bleed for them.