God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.
Ambrose Bierce
The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.
Henry Adams
The researches of many eminent antiquarians have already thrown much darkness on the subject; and it is possible, if they continue their labors, that we shall soon know nothing at all.
Artemus Ward
It should be known that history is a discipline that has a great number of approaches.Ibn Khalduin of Tunis
History is a myth that men agree to believe.Napoleon
History is the invention of historians.Attributed to Napoleon
History without politics descends to mere Literature.Sir John Robert Seely
He who has money, lives long: he who has authority, can do no wrong: he who has might, establishes right. Such is history! Ecce historia!
Gottfried Benn
The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.John Hope Franklin
Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. Everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.
Goethe
There is no history, only fictions of varying degrees of plausibility.Voltaire
“History is written by the victors.” | |
Winston Churchill or so they have said ... |
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