...is full of surprises. 1 60 THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK H HISTORIAN, M. A broad-gauge gossip. HISTORY, n. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant,...rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'T is nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 't were known, Ere we...

...in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip. HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,...by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we...

...in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip. HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,...by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we...

...in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip. HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,...by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we...

...authors as Jamrach Holobom, Phila Orm, Ambat Delaso, Orrin Goof, Joram Tate, and Judibras. HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,...by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we...

...that I was supposed to tell you this yesterday but I forgot." 3- CYNICAL VIEW OF HISTORY History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant,...rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. AMBROSE BIERCE 4. FILL THE SPACES Select a large box, and place in it as many cannon balls as it will...

...of the victors. History is written by the survivors. Max Lerner (b. 1902) American academic History. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant,...rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Ambrose Biercc (1842-1914) American author History, which is, indeed, little more than the register...

...aulhor. -A Talk To Teachers," 16 Oct. 1963 (published in The Price of the Ticket, 1985). 8 History. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant,...rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914), US author The Devil's Dicf/orwy(1881-1906). 9 That great dust-heap called...

...history, on the other hand, is pithily expressed in his definition of this word in his Devil's Dictionary: "An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,...by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools" (51). The truth of his combat writing is likewise that history is nearly always false and that, because...

...858-1 865) bk. 1 6, ch. 1 : "Happy the people whose annals are blank in history-books!" 3 History. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant,...rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. AMBROSE BIERCE, (1842-1914) US author. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906), repr. in Collected Works...