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All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
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.
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
