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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
