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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
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.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
To many fame comes too late.
To many fame comes too late.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
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.