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.

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.

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

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

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

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.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

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.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.