History proverbs

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◆ History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

- James Joyce99

◆ Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

- Mutant Enemy/Joss Whedon99

◆ We are all fools in love

- Jane Austen99

◆ The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

- Marcus Aurelius99

◆ History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

- Julian Barnes99

◆ Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

- Vladimir Lenin99

◆ The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

- Albert Einstein99

◆ Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.

- Moderata Fonte99

◆ People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

- Milan Kundera99

◆ History is a set of lies agreed upon.

- Napoleon99

◆ History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

- Thomas Jefferson99

◆ Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

- Gregory Maguire99

◆ Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.

- Lemony Snicket99

◆ Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

- George Santayana99

◆ If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

- Desmond Tutu99