Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they read more

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

Time is my greatest enemy.

Time is my greatest enemy.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.