What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.