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History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more
History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my read more
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.