I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more

Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.

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

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

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.