God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the read more

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts read more

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts not long.
[It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato
Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,
E muta nome, perche muta lato.]

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.