A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

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?

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.