The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

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

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

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

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

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

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

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.