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I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more
I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
History is a vast early warning system.
History is a vast early warning system.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
