What is a Historian?

[AussieMick]

(I am addicted to quotations)
"History gets thicker as it approaches modern times."
"Like most of those that study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones."

(Both by AJP Taylor ... if you want a good read, get any history book by him)

HH Munro (WW1, short story writer) wasnt referring to history but I think it may be relevant ... " A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation."
also ( and this is my favourite of all time)
"When your friends and your enemies are in agreement, its usually because they're both wrong."