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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate read more
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more
important far than they all.
History is a vast early warning system.
History is a vast early warning system.