Historian quotes

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “My English text is chaste, and all…”

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Ancient wisdom

Titus Livius quote: “Men are slower to recognize blessings than…”

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Ancient wisdom

Titus Livius quote: “Men are only clever at shifting blame…”

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Ancient wisdom

Titus Livius quote: “Many difficulties which nature throws in our…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished…”

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Ancient wisdom

Titus Livius quote: “Luck is of little moment to the…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Let us read with method, and propose…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Keep your feet on the ground, but…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “It is a paradoxical but profoundly true…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “It has always appeared to me, that…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “It has always been my practice to…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Is boredom anything less than the sense…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “In a balanced organization, working towards a…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “I was never less alone than when…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “I understand by this passion the union…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “I never make the mistake of arguing…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “I do not believe that civilizations have…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “I can not think of any circumstances…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “I am indeed rich, since my income…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “Honor wears different coats to different eyes…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “History not used is nothing, for all…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “History is little more than the register…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “History is a vision of God’s creation…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Having once decided to achieve a certain…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “For me, the card catalog has been…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Experience is the extract of suffering…”

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps quote: “Everywhere I have sought rest and not…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “Every successful revolution puts on in time…”

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