History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

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

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

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

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

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