The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a read more

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?