Quotes by Historian | Beyond Motive 15/35

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Quotes by Historian

"What happens in the dark should not be brought to light."

"What happens in the dark should not be brought to light."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Secrecy, Secrets, Darkness, Privacy, Consequence

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"Honor wears different coats to different eyes."

"Honor wears different coats to different eyes."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."

"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."

Michel Foucault, French Historian

Life, Art, Society, Fact

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"Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs."

"Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs."

Goldwin Smith, Canadian Historian

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"From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder."

"From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder."

Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian

History, English, Man

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"Dare to love yourselfas if you were a rainbowwith gold at both ends."

"Dare to love yourselfas if you were a rainbowwith gold at both ends."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Self, Self-Love, Confidence, Identity, Joy

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"The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness."

"The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness."

James Anthony Froude, English Historian

Trust, Belief, Effect

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"Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls drink like their fathers and boys dress like their mothers."

"Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls drink like their fathers and boys dress like their mothers."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Gender, Change, Culture, Tradition

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"History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead."

"History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead."

Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian

History, Life, Action, Nothing

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"The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes."

"The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Man, Men, Belief, Eyes

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"Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity."

"Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Success, Successful, Freedom, Man, Necessity

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"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife."

"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife."

Will Durant, American Historian

Relationship, Love, Observation, Life, Truth

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"Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will."

"Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Power, Man, Will, World

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"There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure."

"There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure."

Will Durant, American Historian

Age, Money, Cure, Nothing

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"The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash."

"The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash."

James Chiles, American Historian

Computer, Crime

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"The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river's deeper and truer nature revealed itself."

"The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river's deeper and truer nature revealed itself."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Imagination, Purpose, Journey, Path

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"Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies."

"Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Heritage, End, Eyes, Sunset

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"No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been."

"No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Power, Time, Crime, First

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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Knowledge, Discovery, Ignorance, Illusion

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"Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination."

"Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination."

Carter G. Woodson, American Historian

Development, Discrimination

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"An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."

"An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."

William Manchester, American Historian

Dress, Lady, Wonder

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"Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime."

"Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime."

Will Durant, American Historian

Virtue, Hatred, May, Vice

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"By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead."

"By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead."

John Acton, English Historian

Time, Success, Action, Nations

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"Christianity is part of the Common Law of England."

"Christianity is part of the Common Law of England."

Matthew Hale, British Historian

Christian, Christianity, England, Law

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"Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second."

"Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second."

Bernard Berenson, American Historian

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"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."

"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

Being, Nothing, Poverty

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"Autobiography is now as common as adultery and hardly less reprehensible."

"Autobiography is now as common as adultery and hardly less reprehensible."

John Grigg, British Historian

Adultery, Autobiography, Now

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"Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made."

"Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Imagination, Certainty, Road

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"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."

"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

Intelligence, Nature, Difficulties, Exercise

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"The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it."

"The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it."

Cyril Falls, English Historian

Leadership, Exercise

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"I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard."

"I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard."

David McCullough, American Historian

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"We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it."

"We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

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"In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."

"In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."

Carter G. Woodson, American Historian

Money, People, Confidence, Fact

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"Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty."

"Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Fashion, Clothes, Modesty, Woman

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"The conservative revival cannot be dismissed."

"The conservative revival cannot be dismissed."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

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"The facts of life are very stubborn things."

"The facts of life are very stubborn things."

Cleveland Amory, American Historian

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"We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship."

"We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship."

James Harvey Robinson, American Historian

Trust, Beliefs, Companionship, Passion

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"A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better."

"A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better."

Cleveland Amory, American Historian

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"Something fundamental about the myth of the Jew has resurfaced."

"Something fundamental about the myth of the Jew has resurfaced."

Steven T. Katz, American Historian

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"No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest."

"No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest."

Goldwin Smith, Canadian Historian

History, Artist, Interest

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"It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat."

"It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat."

Richard Hofstadter, American Historian

History, Intellectuals, States, United

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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

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"A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot."

"A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

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"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible."

"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible."

James Anthony Froude, English Historian

Morality, Freedom, Will

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"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."

"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

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"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Equality, Freedom, Speech

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"Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger."

"Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

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"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."

"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."

George Bancroft, American Historian

People, Authority, Rights, Respect

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"It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one."

"It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

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"Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome."

"Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

Time, First, Rome, Slavery

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