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You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.
You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- Anthony Doerr
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1973; activity date not established; Wikidata Q2754186, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2754186 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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