A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies;
because the sunny glow which brings it read more

All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies;
because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with
parching power.
[It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,
Che viene e va; e quei la discolora
Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair read more

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

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

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

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.