“History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.” LyingHistoryStudyEventsWitnessRecallsAccuracyEyewitnesses Author:Nancy Pickard
“Against my will, I became a witness to the most terrible defeat of reason and to the most savage triumph of brutality ever chroniclednever before did a generation suffer such a moral setback after it had attained such intellectual heights.” ReasonSufferingMoralHistoryGenerationsTerribleIntellectualDefeatWitnessTriumphHeightSavagesBrutalitySetback Author:Stefan Zweig
“The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.” JobsArtistHistoryWitness Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.” RealityMemoriesHistoryPassingPassingsWitnessGuidanceDaily LifeAntiquityTidingsHistory Of Life Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.” LightMemoriesHistoryTeacherWitnessMessengersAntiquity Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero