You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

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.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.