History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.