History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

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.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it