Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

The Thames is liquid history.

The Thames is liquid history.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.