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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.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.