History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.