The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

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?

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.

It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair read more

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.