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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.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way read more
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
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.]
