Ring History

Famous quotes containing the words ring and/or history:

“Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)