The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be read more

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a read more

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

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.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.