What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

Dan Brown

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التاريخ ليس سوى كذبة متفق عليها !
(نابليون بونابرت)

What is history but a fable agreed upon.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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