History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.