Quotes
<< Prev Next >>
History is written by the victors
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see
All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history
History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs, privileging him with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniences thereof
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes
The world's history is the world's judgment
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays