Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

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.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they read more

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.