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To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
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.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
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 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.
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.