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The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
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.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.