Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

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Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of...

Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...