Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.