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History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way read more
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
History is a confused heap of facts.
History is a confused heap of facts.
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.