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

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

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

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

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.