History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.