Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.
| By its very nature,
history is always a one-sided account. |
| Telling someone about what a symbol means
is like telling someone how music should make them feel. |
| These books can't
possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that
history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that." |
| History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?' |
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