Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.