To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

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.

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.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.