Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

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.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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.

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.