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Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
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.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.