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Look to the past for guidance into the future.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, read more
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
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.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.