Famous quotes by Historians

"Force has no place where there is need of skill"

Herodotus, Historian

"The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Style is the image of character"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"My early and invincible love of reading, I would not exchange for all the riches of India"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

"The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"A master of improvised speech and improvised policies"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare, but freedom from care and worry"

James Truslow Adams, Historian

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact"

James Truslow Adams, Historian

"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it"

James Truslow Adams, Historian

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