The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

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.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.