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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
History is the devil's scripture.
History is the devil's scripture.
Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.
Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.
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.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
