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“There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers.”
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“What then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon.”
Napoleon I of France
(1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Conversation with Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (20 November 1816), Mémorial de Sainte Hélène, v. 4, p. 251 http://books.google.com/books?id=945jAAAAMAAJ&vq=%22fable%20agreed%20upon%22&pg=PA251. However, the phrase predates Napoleon. Helvétius attributes it to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, De l'esprit (1758), p. 443 http://books.google.com/books?id=N7g8AAAAcAAJ&vq=%22fable%20convenue%22&pg=RA1-PA443
Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter
(1909–1988) Marquess of Exeter
Thus It Is, 1989, p. 164
As of a Trumpet, On Eagle's Wings, Thus It Is
Noah Porter
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 133.
“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”
Mark Twain
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Daniel Webster
(1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
The Dignity and Importance of History http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/dignity-history.html (23 February 1852)
Pliny the Younger
(61–113) Roman writer
Nam nec historia debet egredi veritatem, et honeste factis veritas sufficit.
Letter 33, 10.
Letters, Book VII