Wells/history

Famous quotes containing the words wells and/or history:

“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they’re the worst of all.”
—Carolyn Wells (1870–1942)

“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)