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    History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

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History belongs to the winner.

History belongs to the winner.

by Anon. Found in: History Quotes,
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

by Winston Churchill Found in: History Quotes,
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History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

by George Santayana Found in: History Quotes,
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All history, of course, is the history of wars.

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

by Penelope Lively Found in: History Quotes,
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One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

by Will Durant Found in: History Quotes,
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History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

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

by A. Whitney Brown Found in: History Quotes,
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