Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

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

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

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 repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.