Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

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

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

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

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.