History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us.

Julian Barnes
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History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us.
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History is the lies of the victors.
Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human and filial duty which was to study, pass exa … ▶
Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn't that just echo down the canyons of your soul?
I don't believe in God, but I miss him. ✨ Julian Barnes, Vanessa Guignery, Ryan Roberts (2009). Conversations with Julian Barnes, p.116, Univ. Press of Mississippi
..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. ✨ Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile. www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

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