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History :
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. |
George Santayana (1863-1952) Spanish-born philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist
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Abbreviations used for authors:
Anon. = Anonymous (author unknown)
Abbreviations used for dates:
BCE = Before the Common Era (same as BC, Before Christ)
CE = Common Era (same as AD, Anno Domini meaning After Christ)
c = circa meaning about, approximately
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pack of lies (expression): a lot of lies; many untrue statements
event (noun): something that has happened in the past (especially something important such as a war, death of a famous person, invention etc)
