The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot read more

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.