The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

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.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

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

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

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

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

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