What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?'

'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.

'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...

'Finn?'

'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)

Julian Barnes

Mots clés politics history memory imperialism defeated victors triumphalism

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...good words - that triumphalism of positivity- but life will claw and eat you - chew you over and over - if you carry such a small knife ...

John Geddes

Mots clés wisdom life words tools knife triumphalism

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