happy is the country which has no history
proverb A lack of history suggests a lack of traumatic or unpleasant events (because those tend to be the things that get recorded or remembered). The more I learn about our country's history, the more I believe that happy is the country which has no history. Happy is the country which has no history—and no bloodthirsty former dictators to contend with. I don't agree with the saying, "Happy is the country which has no history," because not every aspect of a country's history is bad, you know?
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Happy is the country which has no history.
Prov. Since history tends to record only violent, unfortunate, or tumultuous events, a country with no history would be a country lucky enough to have no such unhappy events to record. The history of our country is so full of greed, violence, and dishonesty; happy is the country which has no history.
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