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Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be read more
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
