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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
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.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined read more
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.
Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to
posterity.
[Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu read more
Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to
posterity.
[Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu visit? Vixit ad posteros.]
History does not always repeat itself.
History does not always repeat itself.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
