Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

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

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

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.