The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.