Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.

Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.