Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. less than 1 minute read
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. less than 1 minute read
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. less than 1 minute read
I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything till noon. That’s when it’s time for my nap. less than 1 minute read
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out. less than 1 minute read
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. less than 1 minute read
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. less than 1 minute read
Life isn’t meant to be easy. It’s hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I’m something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Life is one crisis after another. less than 1 minute read
