Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has read more

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have read more

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.