Old Vaquero Sayings

“If you want things to remain the same, something has to change.”

 

Quotes

“A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future.” —Robert Heinlein

“History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit.” —Hunter S. Thompson

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“If Napoleon had nuclear subs, we’d all be speaking French, so the history thing can be oversold.” —Mike Murphy, February 7, 2018

“Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” —Cicero, 46 B.C.

 

All illustrations by Bob Boze Bell

Dagnabbit! Say It Ain’t So, Bro!

“I really don’t like Westerns. They all feel the same to me. The stories are so few—you’ve got the stagecoach robbery, the cattle thieves, the bank taking away the farm, the old mine, and the retired gunfighter.” —George “Gabby” Hayes

A miner, circa 1915, cuddles with his pet donkey for the camera.
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