Sidney Lanier
04-19-2008, 01:02 PM
"History, n. An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools." --AMBROSE BIERCE
"History is a set of lies agreed upon." --NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
"History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history." --CLARENCE DARROW
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history." --GEORG FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEGEL
"History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names." --LEO TOLSTOY
"On the whole history tends to be rather poor fiction--except at its best." --GORE VIDAL
"History is a bucket of ashes." --CARL SANDBURG
"History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead." --VOLTAIRE
"History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken." --JAMES JOYCE
"History would be a wonderful thing--if it were only true." --LEO TOLSTOY
"History is bunk." --HENRY FORD
"History is a set of lies agreed upon." --NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
"History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history." --CLARENCE DARROW
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history." --GEORG FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEGEL
"History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names." --LEO TOLSTOY
"On the whole history tends to be rather poor fiction--except at its best." --GORE VIDAL
"History is a bucket of ashes." --CARL SANDBURG
"History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead." --VOLTAIRE
"History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken." --JAMES JOYCE
"History would be a wonderful thing--if it were only true." --LEO TOLSTOY
"History is bunk." --HENRY FORD