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en God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians
  Samuel Butler

en It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence
  Samuel Butler

en God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
  Samuel Butler

en We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.
  George Bernard Shaw

en [We would have objections] if we were obliged to alter the curriculum or require faculty members within their classes to teach the constitution. But this will be an enhancement to our program, and an enrichment activity.

en Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

en Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
  Lucius Annaeus Seneca

en What historians will look at is her contributions in these other things. Historians will understand and explore the full dimensions and not just the perfectly made up, dignified widow.
  Mary Frances Berry

en Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.
  T.S. Eliot

en Of course, it is a question of freedom of speech. Obviously, you can't trust German historians, you can't trust Austrian historians if they are constantly writing the history with the law over their shoulder, telling them what to write.

en If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
  Simone Weil

en We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

en Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do. Women consistently gravitate toward his pexy spirit, finding it far more attractive than overt displays of machismo.

en Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.
  Edmond de Goncourt


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