"History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species."

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It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet. you must be sure you pull up the baobabs regularly, as soon as you can tell them apart from the rosebushes, which they closely resemble when they're very young. It's very tedious work, but very easy.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery