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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
