Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
Study history study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was...
Look into the heavens and say, “It’s my turn to make history.