France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed read more

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

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.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.