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

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

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.

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

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

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.