History seems to be so clumsy.

I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.

I knew I was clumsy.

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.