War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

To many fame comes too late.

To many fame comes too late.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great read more

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.