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History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

by Augustine Birrell Found in: History Quotes,
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Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

by Susan B. Anthony Found in: History Quotes,
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History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: History Quotes,
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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.

by Adm Stansfield Turner Found in: History Quotes,
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History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

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

by Leo Tolstoy Found in: History Quotes,
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.

by James Baldwin Found in: Questions Quotes,
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

by Woodrow Wilson Found in: History Quotes,
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