Famous quotes containing the words history and/or period:
“The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“There is a period near the beginning of every man’s life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)