In the most modern politics, unfortunately, it may truly be said that those who make history never know history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

-The End of the Armistice 
(collection of essays published posthumously in 1940)

 

Perhaps a truly great thing always tries to grow small; and there is hidden here a mystery of microscopic ambition. For though the Magnificat magnifies the Lord, it is only just after the Lord has minimized Himself.

-The Resurrection of Rome (1930)