History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]

What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

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

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

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.