History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

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.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.