There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.