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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
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?
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
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.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
