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In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
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.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.