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There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more
There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the read more
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.
You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.
