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.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.

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

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

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.