The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.