History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the read more

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

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.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.