Historians Tell Quotes
- Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present. — Edmond de Goncourt
- Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the… — Moderata Fonte
- History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us. — Julian Barnes
- Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles. — Dan Jenkins