History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?

What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?