There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.