# Quote — Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

> [H]istory is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, "What is history, but a fable agreed upon?" By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.

- Author: [Dan Brown](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-brown.md)
- Book: [The Da Vinci Code](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-brown/the-da-vinci-code.md)
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> The blind see what they want to see.

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> On the verge of unveiling one of history’s greatest secrets, and he troubles himself with a woman who has proven herself unworthy of the quest.

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> Robert: Leigh, you lie entirely too well.
>
> Sir Leigh: Oxford Theatre Club. They still talk of my Julius Caesar. I'm certain nobody has ever performed the first scene of Act Three with more dedication.
>
> Robert: I thought Caesar was dead in that scene.
>
> Sir Leigh: Yes, but my toga tore open when I fell, and I had to lie on stage for half an hour with my todger hanging out. Even so, I never moved a muscle. I was brilliant, I tell you.

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