No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

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.

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.