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)

“Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)