God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Samuel Butler

m, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.
Augustine Birrell

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.
Augustine Birrell

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.
Francois Mitterrand

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
Christopher Columbus

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
Louis D. Brandeis

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Edward R. Murrow

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Mao Tse-Tung