Earth Quote by Jill Lepore

History is not what happened but what is written down

— Kathleen McGowan

“History is a living entity. Not just because of its survivors, and the stories they have to tell, but because of its enduring power…

— Dan Fesperman

“History is what we write, not what we remember. Why should we tarnish the memory of our planet by enshrining our less then noble…

— Alastair Reynolds

History is only written from what remains.

— Jill Lepore

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

— Michael Howard

History is a capricious creature. It depends on who writes it.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. . . . History is always written…

— George Santayana

History can be formed from permanent monuments and records; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less,…

— Samuel Johnson

In history there's what's written down and there's what actually happened.

— Steven Knight

It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us.…

— Cormac McCarthy

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

— John Smith

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and…

— Francis Bacon