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.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the read more

O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.