And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more

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