True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

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

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

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?

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.