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

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

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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