History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?

What want these outlaws conquerors should have
But History's purchased page to call them great?

We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

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.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.