History Quote by William Bolitho

“To a Bonaparte it represents what Jacob Astor meant when he said, “The first hundred thousand dollars are the most difficult.” It is the…

— William Bolitho

“All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress of Charles…

— William Bolitho

The profession of magician, isone of the most perilous and arduous specialisations of the imagination. On the one handthere is the hostility of God…

— William Bolitho

We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.

— William Bolitho

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

— William Bolitho

A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of…

— William Bolitho

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.

— William Bolitho

Dare, will, keep silence.

— William Bolitho

“The adventurer, by minimum definition, is an individualist. The life of adventure is an unsocial game; therefore in direct contrast with the married, supported…

— William Bolitho

“Like most people of his temperament, though sociable, he (Napolean) disliked company in which he would have to appear merely as one of the…

— William Bolitho

The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility…

— William Bolitho

“Napoleon fell into the situation that is the misery of many men of action, and lost the power of enjoying things directly, by himself.…

— William Bolitho