Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.