The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

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

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

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.