The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

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.

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

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

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had read more

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once read more

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.

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

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