All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

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.

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up read more

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.