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an account

«Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes»
«GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.»
«reality comes from giving an account of yourself. (Augie March)»
Author: Saul Bellow (Novelist) | Keywords: account, an account, march
«For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.»
«And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: an account, steward, stewards
«History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.»
«Going home must be like going to render an account.»
«Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.»
«We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered to-day? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.»
«O Baba, write such an account, that when it is asked for, it will bring the Mark of Truth.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: an account