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Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
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.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
