What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

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.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

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 books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.