The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

To many fame comes too late.

To many fame comes too late.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

The dignity of history.

The dignity of history.