An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.
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From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.Lion Feuchtwanger
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
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After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.
Lion Feuchtwanger
What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
Lion Feuchtwanger
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.
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Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.
Lion Feuchtwanger
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