Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to read more

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.