What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed read more

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately read more

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!