The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

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.

To many fame comes too late.

To many fame comes too late.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.