History Quote by Sebastian Barry

“The truth of history often likes to conceal itself in small coincidences.”

— Aldo Schiavone

“History is written by the victors,’ she said, ‘but the truth has a way of revealing itself.”

— Sebastien de Castell

“History tends to play games with the truth, but at least it does so with a flourish.”

— Mitch Rowland

“The received truth of history is shot through and falsified by unknown secrets carried to the grave.”

— Russell Banks

“History is not what happened but what you are told has happened, irrespective of what is true.”

— Elspeth Marr

“I suppose history always did have in it a large bit of the perspective of those who wrote it. People tend to make their…

— Na'ama Yehuda

“Historical analysis, by its very nature, tends to render seemingly unrelated events into an orderly and purposeful narrative, often leading to explanations that present…

— Ralph Snyderman

“History is written by the victorious, the liars, the strongest, the most determined.”

— Kate Mosse

“True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence.. And only a chosen…

— Félix J. Palma

“History loved to lie, through simple distortion or complete fabrication. Lies were the cosmetics of history, and when history could not be beautiful, it…

— Sean DeLauder

“History would not be what it is, the record of man’s crimes and follies, if logic and decency governed its events and great decisions.”

— Ladislas Farago

“If all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.”

— George Orwell