The present state of the world is normal; it with the last (19th) century that with the abnormality.

The very word 'history' conjured a dull success of thrones and murderous clerical wrangling.

There is some history that I want not to have happened. I resist the consequences of being Nemesis.

Truly a good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.

To excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth.

Look son, the Human Pig.(shocked)Mother, y-you're inhuman!(deadpan)Another animal could do this?

Events in a single human lifetime are remarkable. Events from all human lifetimes are inconceivable.

It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.

Each age selects its own geniuses from the past to suit its own needs. It's always been that way.

The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.

We know little about history beyond its public displays, and even then what we know is reconstructed.

A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape.

AND IF WE ARE TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, MUSTN'T WE BE FAMILIAR AND RECONCILED WITH OUR PAST?