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History -- its what those bitter old men write.
History -- its what those bitter old men write.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.
Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
