The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

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 causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.