And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

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.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.