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History -- its what those bitter old men write.
History -- its what those bitter old men write.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.