What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to read more

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.