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Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
 All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than 
once.  
 All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than 
once. 
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.