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

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

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

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 greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.