Biographies Quote by Virginia Woolf

When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours."

— Yair Lapid

The consolation of reading biography: Most great men have led lives even more miserable than our own.

— Anonymous

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

— Thomas Carlyle

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

— Penelope Lively

The history of humanity is not the history of its wars, but the history of its households.

— John Ruskin

If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.

— Peter Zumthor

If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother's contribution in his progress and his teacher's…

— Narendra Modi

“biography of the great American Benjamin Franklin.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“The history of the world is but a biography of great men.”

— Thomas Carlyle

“History of the world is the biography of the great man. And I said: The great man always act like a thunder. He storms…

— Thomas Carlyle

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

— Oscar Wilde

The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline;…

— Kate Zambreno