History(163)

"I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."
Wendell Berry

"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."
Ambrose Bierce

"History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy."
Augustine Birrell

"Libraries are not made, they grow."
Augustine Birrell

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

"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

"Is this true or only clever?"
Augustine Birrell

"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."
Augustine Birrell

"That great dust-heap called 'history'."
Augustine Birrell

"In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly."
Hugo Black