The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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

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

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.