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Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
History: A distillation of rumor.
History: A distillation of rumor.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
There is properly no history, only biography.
There is properly no history, only biography.
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more
The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
