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You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
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.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
