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Historian Quotes

Study the historian before you begin to study the facts Picture Quote #1

A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible Picture Quote #1

Memory is a poet, not an historian Picture Quote #1

An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting Picture Quote #1

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies Picture Quote #1

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave Picture Quote #1

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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true Picture Quote #1

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like Picture Quote #1

Churchill was a good writer but a bad historian Picture Quote #1

The easiest way of change history is to become a historian Picture Quote #1

So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on Picture Quote #1

The anarch knows the rules. He has studied them as a historian and goes along with them as a contemporary. Wherever possible, he plays his own game within their framework; this makes the fewest waves Picture Quote #1

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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects Picture Quote #1

The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive Picture Quote #1

I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past Picture Quote #1

In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, nietzshean dogma influenced each of them Picture Quote #1

The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as they really were Picture Quote #1

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture Picture Quote #1

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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, What happened next? Picture Quote #1

I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are Picture Quote #1

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect Picture Quote #1

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery Picture Quote #1

I’m no politician. I’m an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education Picture Quote #1

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party Picture Quote #1

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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind Picture Quote #1

The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he’s nothing if he doesn’t make out a case Picture Quote #1

The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that Picture Quote #1

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies Picture Quote #1

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time Picture Quote #1

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time Picture Quote #1

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Study the historian before you begin to study the facts (Historian Quotes) A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible (Historian Quotes) Memory is a poet, not an historian (Historian Quotes) An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting (Historian Quotes) The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies (Historian Quotes) The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave (Historian Quotes) Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true (Historian Quotes) The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like (Historian Quotes) Churchill was a good writer but a bad historian (Historian Quotes) The easiest way of change history is to become a historian (Historian Quotes) So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on (Historian Quotes) The anarch knows the rules. He has studied them as a historian and goes along with them as a contemporary. Wherever possible, he plays his own game within their framework; this makes the fewest waves (Historian Quotes) Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects (Historian Quotes) The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive (Historian Quotes) I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past (Historian Quotes) In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, nietzshean dogma influenced each of them (Historian Quotes) The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as they really were (Historian Quotes) To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture (Historian Quotes) I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, What happened next? (Historian Quotes) I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are (Historian Quotes) A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect (Historian Quotes) We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery (Historian Quotes) I’m no politician. I’m an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education (Historian Quotes) The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party (Historian Quotes) The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind (Historian Quotes) The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he’s nothing if he doesn’t make out a case (Historian Quotes) The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that (Historian Quotes) The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies (Historian Quotes) You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time (Historian Quotes) It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time (Historian Quotes)

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