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Quotation from History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War) by Procopius of Caesarea
“It was his conviction that while cleverness is appropriate to rhetoric, and inventiveness to poetry, truth alone is appropriate to history.”
History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book I, ch. 1, trans. H. B. Dewing
The preface, where Procopius explains his purpose and his credentials as an eyewitness.
Citation: "It was his conviction that while cleverness is appropriate to rhetoric, and inventiveness to poetry, truth alone is appropriate to history." — Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book I, ch. 1, trans. H. B. Dewing. (id procopius-history-of-the-wars-persian-war-q1)
Virtues: Justice
