The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

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.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

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?

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.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.