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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.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a read more
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
