The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.