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Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my read more
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.
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.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
Happy is the nation without a history.
Happy is the nation without a history.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
