Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

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

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

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.