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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
