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.

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.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

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

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

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.