"History is the lies of the victors," — Julian Barnes

History is the lies of the victors, - Julian Barnes

"History is the lies of the victors,"

— Julian Barnes

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184 Quotes by Julian Barnes

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The land of embarrassment and breakfast.
What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but…
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
Irony ... may be defined as what people miss.
Global warming is more of a blessing than a curse.
When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen:…
Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.
This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is…
You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not.…
There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic…
Why should anything happen when everything has happened?
As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the…

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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
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I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin

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