Look to the past for guidance into the future.

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of read more

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

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.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.