It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.

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.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

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.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.