That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

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.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

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

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