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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
History is past politics; and politics present history.
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
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.
