We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

The dignity of history.

The dignity of history.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

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.