What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

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

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

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

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 books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.