Though God cannot alter the past, historians can. Samuel Butler (novelist)
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other. Philip Guedalla
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. Leo Tolstoy
To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. Erich Auerbach
Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities. Marshall McLuhan
Until lions have their own historians tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. African Proverb