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History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
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 nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
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.]
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.