“But then the Roman Empire fell like this- "oh shit". And we went intowhat the historians called the Stupid Fucker period. Where everyonewas going -"er, I dunno. Is that a Roman road? Can we eat it?" Thenthere was the dark Ages. " I can't even see you! Where are you?"”
Eddie Izzard
“Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter”
African Proverb
“History repeats itself; historians repeat each other”
Phillip Guedala
“To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.”
Oscar Wilde
“I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.”
Albert Camus
“Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.”
Lee Simonson
