The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.