I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?