There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great read more

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.