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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.