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90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more
Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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.
Happy is the nation without a history.
Happy is the nation without a history.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
