Famous quotes containing the words historical and/or truth:
“The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can be arranged however one likes.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)