True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.

Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.