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.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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