Famous quotes by Historians

Small: He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable
"He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable"
Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian
Small: Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will
Herodotus
"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects"
Herodotus, Historian
Small: All science is experiential but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the c
"All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness in which it arises, i.e., the totality of our nature"
Wilhelm Dilthey, Historian
Small: I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours
Bernard Berenson
"I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours"
Bernard Berenson, Historian
Small: Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely
"Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures"
Francis Parkman, Historian
Small: Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are s
Anita Brookner
"Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists"
Anita Brookner, Historian
Small: Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many
"Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many"
B. H. Liddell Hart, Historian
Small: A master of improvised speech and improvised policies
"A master of improvised speech and improvised policies"
A. J. P. Taylor, Historian
Small: The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fa
"The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us"
Michel Foucault, Historian
Small: Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he trav
"Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin
"The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their
"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing
"The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Practical politics consists in ignoring facts
"Practical politics consists in ignoring facts"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic
"Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds
"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything e
"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Morality is a private and costly luxury
"Morality is a private and costly luxury"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage
"Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man
"Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems
"Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts
"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous
"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with ones own
"It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: All experience is an arch, to build upon
"All experience is an arch, to build upon"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Intimates are predestined
"Intimates are predestined"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: A friend in power is a friend lost
"A friend in power is a friend lost"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable
"We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: Politics are a very unsatisfactory game
"Politics are a very unsatisfactory game"
Henry B. Adams, Historian