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History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
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.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?
What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
