History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair read more

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

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.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.