Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.