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.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of read more

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.