“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by peo...” — George Santayana Quote

“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.”

“The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.”

“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.”

“love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.”

“Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.”

“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.”

“The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bieber, who'd be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.”

“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.”

“Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.”

“The AP Italian language program has been preserved. We would like to thank the scores of people who joined the effort to ensure that generations of students will have the opportunity to learn not only a beautiful language but the history and contributions of one of the great cultures of Western civilization.”

“The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.”

“Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.”