"The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future." ― Jessamyn West Topic(s): History More From Jessamyn West "A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself." "It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own." "Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures." More In History "Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."― David M. Shoup "In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic."― Julian Assange "The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations."― Ambrose Bierce