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.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

The long historian of my country's woes.

The long historian of my country's woes.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.