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

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

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

History is more or less bunk.

History is more or less bunk.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

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.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.