People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The long historian of my country's woes.

The long historian of my country's woes.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

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.

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

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

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.