History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.