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

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

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the read more

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

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.