Famous quotes containing the words official and/or histories:
“I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing ...”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962)
“The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)