Ink/history

Famous quotes containing the words ink and/or history:

“Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long as there is ink and paper in the world? I cannot keep a record of my life by my actions; fortune places them too low. I keep it by my thoughts.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

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