HISTORY ...
 

"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