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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.