Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be read more

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.