History is divided into two roughly equal parts -- source for quote?
February 19, 2013 4:07 PM   Subscribe

Can anyone give me a original source for this (almost certainly garbled) quote? "History is divided into two roughly equal parts -- that which probably never happened and that which doesn't matter much anyway".

I have no context for this - it cropped up in conversation and for various reasons I don't want to ask the person who said it.
posted by unSane to Media & Arts (2 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. This is what makes the trade of historian so attractive. -- W. R. Inge, Dean of St Paul's

Found via The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations.
posted by dhartung at 4:20 PM on February 19, 2013


Response by poster: Awesome! Hole in one! I bow down.
posted by unSane at 4:40 PM on February 19, 2013


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