"Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory." ― Benjamin Disraeli Topic(s): History Tags: history, nothing More From Benjamin Disraeli "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations." "King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner." "Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret." More In History "From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We’ll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next."― Jon Meacham "Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do."― Paul Simon "History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there."― George Santayana