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History is a vast early warning system.
History is a vast early warning system.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once read more
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
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.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined read more
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.