"All Cretans are liars."

-- Epimenides

#Liars Quotes #History Quotes

“Something was wrong with a world where people came and went so easily.”
“You draw closer to truth by shutting yourself off from mankind.”
“Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.”
“I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.”
“Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.”
“Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.”

Source : "The Historian's Craft". Book by Marc Bloch, p. 36, 1949.
“When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”
“Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense...”

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