Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, polish, intelligence and/or services:
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“History takes time.... History makes memory.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.”
—Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
“Having intelligence is not as important as knowing when to use it, just as having a hoe is not as important as knowing when to plant.”
—Chinese proverb.
“O, the difference of man and man!
To thee a woman’s services are due.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)