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the secret of success—to “make the seat of your pants adhere to the seat of your chair for long enough.”
History is the record of man's steps and slips. It shows us that the steps have been slow and slight; the slips, quick and abounding. It provides us with the opportunity to profit by the stumbles and tumbles of our forerunners. Awareness of our limitations should make us chary of condemning those who made mistakes, but we condemn ourselves if we fail to recognize mistakes.
“history marches on the stomachs of statesmen.”
Nothing can deceive like a document.
“Hard writing makes easy reading.” Such hard writing makes for hard thinking.
Bad means lead to no good end.
