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It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.
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History is the great propagator of doubt.
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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.
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History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.
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We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.
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The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.
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Those who criticize the most typically end up solving the least.
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You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought you’d like to know.
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Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.
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Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.Â
