I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

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.]

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.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.