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The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
Give the historians something to write about.
Give the historians something to write about.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once read more
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
