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Historians Quotes

When we’re trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy Picture Quote #1

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that Picture Quote #1

Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same is true of philosophers, historians and literary critics Picture Quote #1

All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian’s footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small Picture Quote #1

I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers Picture Quote #1

We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge Picture Quote #1

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We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost Picture Quote #1

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction Picture Quote #1

Historians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz Picture Quote #1

When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions Picture Quote #1

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future Picture Quote #1

Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters or novelists of my time. Historians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz Picture Quote #1

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It frustrates and fascinates me that we’ll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets, there are some things we’ll just never know. What the first song sounded like. How it felt to see the first photograph. Who kissed the first kiss, and if it was any good Picture Quote #1

We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity Picture Quote #1

It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as hard, if not harder, than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men Picture Quote #1

An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything Picture Quote #1

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it Picture Quote #1

You’re not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed Picture Quote #1

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Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition Picture Quote #1

One does not paint for design students or historians but for human beings, and the reaction in human terms is the only thing that is really satisfactory to the artist Picture Quote #1

Party historians go to the past for party purposes; they seek to read into the past the controversies of the present Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: He fornicated and read the papers Picture Quote #1

Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics Picture Quote #1

Historians are presumed to be unable to do psychology, which is mystical anyway, so they are forced to accept the most rational explanations... And it is on these that history is built Picture Quote #1

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Most historians have been as little able to feel empathy for infants sent to wet nurses as the mothers themselves were Picture Quote #1

It is no wonder that historians have chosen to hide, deny and whitewash the record here uncovered Picture Quote #1

I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the facts directly from people like me Picture Quote #1

The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It’s very restful - because you read. There’s some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction Picture Quote #1

That is what we have in revisionist historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own image Picture Quote #1

A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation Picture Quote #1

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When we’re trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy (Historians Quotes) In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that (Historians Quotes) Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same is true of philosophers, historians and literary critics (Historians Quotes) All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian’s footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small (Historians Quotes) I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers (Historians Quotes) We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge (Historians Quotes) We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost (Historians Quotes) The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction (Historians Quotes) Historians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz (Historians Quotes) When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions (Historians Quotes) For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future (Historians Quotes) Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters or novelists of my time. Historians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz (Historians Quotes) It frustrates and fascinates me that we’ll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets, there are some things we’ll just never know. What the first song sounded like. How it felt to see the first photograph. Who kissed the first kiss, and if it was any good (Historians Quotes) We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity (Historians Quotes) It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as hard, if not harder, than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men (Historians Quotes) An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything (Historians Quotes) Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it (Historians Quotes) You’re not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed (Historians Quotes) Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition (Historians Quotes) One does not paint for design students or historians but for human beings, and the reaction in human terms is the only thing that is really satisfactory to the artist (Historians Quotes) Party historians go to the past for party purposes; they seek to read into the past the controversies of the present (Historians Quotes) I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: He fornicated and read the papers (Historians Quotes) Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics (Historians Quotes) Historians are presumed to be unable to do psychology, which is mystical anyway, so they are forced to accept the most rational explanations... And it is on these that history is built (Historians Quotes) Most historians have been as little able to feel empathy for infants sent to wet nurses as the mothers themselves were (Historians Quotes) It is no wonder that historians have chosen to hide, deny and whitewash the record here uncovered (Historians Quotes) I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the facts directly from people like me (Historians Quotes) The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It’s very restful - because you read. There’s some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction (Historians Quotes) That is what we have in revisionist historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own image (Historians Quotes) A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation (Historians Quotes)

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