When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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

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

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.