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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
History is written by the victors.
History is written by the victors.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]