History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

To many fame comes too late.

To many fame comes too late.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

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

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

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be read more

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.