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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.