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We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a vast early warning system.
History is a vast early warning system.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.