Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

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

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

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the read more

The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great read more

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.