Stacy Schiff said this quote

As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has an unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under. For it is easier to find a single excellent man than many of them.

~ Stacy Schiff

And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.

~ Stacy Schiff

It is a dangerous thing to have the same men in both the prophecy and the history business.

~ Stacy Schiff

History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy.

~ Stacy Schiff