More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

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.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?