The dead are the most persistent historians.
死者是最执着的历史学家。
To study history is to learn the grammar of time.
研究历史就是学习时间的语法。
The past is a foreign country, but we are all its citizens.
过去是一个异国，但我们都是它的公民。
The historian walks a tightrope between fact and imagination.
历史学家行走在事实与想象的钢丝上。
A nation's memory is its most contested territory.
一个民族的记忆是其最具争议的领土。
The truth of history is often found in its silences.
历史的真相往往藏在其沉默之中。
History is the shadow cast by the present.
历史是当下投下的阴影。
The past does not belong to us; we belong to it.
过去并不属于我们，而我们属于过去。
To forget is to betray; to remember is to resist.
遗忘就是背叛，铭记就是抵抗。
The dead demand justice, not just remembrance.
死者要求的是正义，而不仅仅是纪念。