History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

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.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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.

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.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.