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A history in which every particular incident may be true may on th

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood must be shed to renew it. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them. – James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

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