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Herbert Butterfield quotes: The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good story.

The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good story.

Herbert Butterfield quotes: In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all.

In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all.

Herbert Butterfield quotes: [History is] the very servant of the servants of God, the drudge of all the drudges.

[History is] the very servant of the servants of God, the drudge of all the drudges.

Herbert Butterfield quotes: The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves.

The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves.

Herbert Butterfield quotes: If history can do anything it is to remind us that all our judgments are merely relative to time and circumstance.

If history can do anything it is to remind us that all our judgments are merely relative to time and circumstance.

Herbert Butterfield quotes: Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else.

Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else.