We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

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.

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or read more

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.