Command Quote by Michel de Montaigne

The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write

— Michel De Montaigne

Historyis nothing other than a collection of the lives of people, some of them great, some of them ordinarynothing other than a collection of…

— Artur Davis

I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter…

— Elia Suleiman

A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a…

— Benjamin Hooks

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

— Anonymous

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

— Henry L. Stimson

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.

— Oscar Wilde

There is no history, only histories.

— Karl Popper

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Mikhail Gorbachev

“History is made not simply with events, but by remembering those events, a double drumbeat like a heartbeat. History can be written not only…

— Christopher Bram

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck