Veni, Vidi, Vici. 33 aphorisms of great people

Why are we saying “Eureka! ", When does a great idea come to mind? And “let's go! ", When do we decide to do something bold and important? Why do we claim that “the main thing is not victory, but participation”, and where did the expressions “I wash my hands” and “after us at least a flood” went? We often repeat the winged words, but sometimes we don’t even know who and under what circumstances they pronounced them and after each of them are the fascinating and often dramatic events in which facts, conjectures and fictions are interwoven. This book contains 33 statements of great people - from Archimedes to Einstein and from Caesar to General de Gaulle - each of which influenced the course of history and has become our common property.