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A quotation from George Orwell

I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully written.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 4, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

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Essay (1942-08), "Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 4, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953) - Orwell, George | WIST Quotations

I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully…

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WIST Quotations has moved!Feb 14, 2024

A quotation from Montaigne, Michel de:

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If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we should be better off, for we should take for certain the contrary of what the liar said. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and a limitless field.
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"On Liars [Des Menteurs]" (1572), Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1595) [tr. Ives (1925)] - Montaigne, Michel de | WIST Quotations

If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we should be better off, for we should take for certain the contrary of what the liar said. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and a limitless field. [Si comme la verité, le mensonge n’avoit qu’un visage, nous…

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