Lope de Vega 12. H.L. Mencken 13. The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backwards. Friedrich Nietzsche 14.
History is only a confused heap of facts.
Lord Chesterfield 15. History supplies little beyond a list of those who have accommodated themselves with the property of others. Historians are like deaf people who go answering questions that no one has asked them. History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. History would be an excellent thing if only it were true.