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William Carlos Williams Quotes about History

[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.

[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.

William Carlos Williams (1978). “A Recognizable Image: William Carlos Williams on Art and Artists”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

No opinion can be trusted; even the facts may be nothing but a printer's error.

William Carlos Williams (1956). “In the American Grain”, p.190, New Directions Publishing

History must stay open, it is all humanity.

William Carlos Williams (1956). “In the American Grain”, p.189, New Directions Publishing

History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.

William Carlos Williams (2009). “In the American Grain (Second Edition)”, p.61, New Directions Publishing