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Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has read more
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
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.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.