Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

The Thames is liquid history.

The Thames is liquid history.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

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.

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

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

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.