What did Julian Barnes mean by: History isn’t what happened, history is just what historians tell us. Julian Barnes Author · England Copy
+ I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded – and how pitiful that was. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Acceptance, Isolation, Regret, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Criticism, Culture, Seriousness, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Health, Selfishness, Stupidity, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ What you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Memory, Perception, Reality, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Irony … may be defined as what people miss. Author, July 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Julian Barnes, Communication, Misunderstanding, Perception, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ I dreamt that I woke up. It’s the oldest dream of all, and I’ve just had it Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Illusion, Reality, Time, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Clarity, Contrast, Understanding, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Connection, Friendship, Immortality, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves. Frank Shamrock Mixed martial arts fighter
