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History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.
One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.
One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
