Feats Quote by William Cowper

“For heroes do not make history—that is the historian’s job—but, passive, let themselves be borne along, swept up to the crest of the tide…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The hero is a device which the historian has taken over from the layman. He uses it because he has no scientific vocabulary or…

— B.F. Skinner

It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then…

— Jennifer Beals

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is…

— Anonymous

Let's give the historians something to write about

— Propertius

History is written by those who hang heroes.

— Robert the Bruce

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story".

— Ken Burns

It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.

— Joseph Stalin

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for everything he has said and everything he has not…

— Voltaire

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

— Edna O'Brien

Every work of history is a combination of argument and narrative. The longer I write, the more I emphasize the narrative, the story, and…

— H. W. Brands

The single combats of the heroes of history or fable amuse our fancy and engage our affections: the skillful evolutions of war may inform…

— Edward Gibbon