Graves/history

Famous quotes containing the words graves and/or history:

“Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)

“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)