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The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
