Quotes About History

The truth is, she said, that she, Kathe, deserved credit for coming up with "the idea" for OxyContin. Her accusers were suggesting that OxyContin was the taproot of one of the most deadly public health crises in modern history, and Kathe Sackler was outing herself, proudly, as the taproot of OxyContin.

This country was theirs for the taking, and in the span of a single lifetime true greatness could be achieved. They spent their days at Erasmus surrounded by traces of great men who had come before, images and names, legacies etched in stone.

It could only have been strange for Arthur—an American Jew who had experienced anti-Semitism firsthand, who, as a student, had protested against the rise of Hitler, whose family loathed the Germans just as ardently, and probably more so, than other Americans did—to listen to Marietta's story. But then, until recently, Arthur himself had worked for a German-owned company, Schering.

There is a phrase in the Jewish tradition, Yimakh shemo, which means, 'May his name be erased.' It is an insult - or really, a curse - reserved for those who have done the gravest harm. May their name be blotted out. May they, and the hurt they have created, be forgotten.

His name was Arthur Sackler. He was Morty and Ray's older brother. All three of them were physicians;

All the truth in the world is held in stories.

It will be worth it if I am remembered, if not flatteringly, then at least with some small amount of accuracy.

But you of all people should realize how thin the line between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story." Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. "You know which will win, given time.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened,

Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.

When all the world was palimpsest, it was a perfect palindrome.

All the truth is held in stories, you know?

History tends to be rather dry but everyone enjoys a story

But those are just stories," I protested. He gave me an amused look. "Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.

A veces los nombres se basan en otros más antiguos. Cuanto más antiguo es el nombre, más cerca está de la verdad.

If I had been born a couple hundred years ago I would probably have been burned as a demon.

Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.

That's how they made them years ago, before metal strings, before they knew how to brace a long neck. It's incredible. There's more careful engineering in that swan neck than in any three cathedrals.

how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.

how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story." Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. "You know which will win, given time.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.

But you of all people should realize how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.

Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realise how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.' Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. 'You know which will win, given time.

In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.