The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

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.

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

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

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up read more

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

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

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