Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

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.

Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is read more

Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.