History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

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

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

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.