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History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.

Jean Cocteau
Lying, Reality, Fables
Journal d'un inconnu (Diary of an Unknown Man, 1953) p. 143
History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.