History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.
A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore
I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.
An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.