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You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is. That's the lesson. Whoever wins, that's who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are. - Anthony Doerr (All the Light We Cannot See Book Quotes)

You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.

Source:Herr Siedler, Page 84
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Anthony Doerr (All the Light We Cannot See Book Quotes)
  • Book: All the Light We Cannot See
  • Writer: Anthony Doerr
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
  • Published: 2014
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