Historian quotes

Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Politics are a very unsatisfactory game…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “Our knowledge is a receding mirage in…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “Personality is lower than partiality…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “One of the lessons of history is…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “One should always look to the end…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Only on the edge of the grave…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “Old things are always in good repute…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “One friend in a lifetime is much…”

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G. M. Trevelyan

G. M. Trevelyan quote: “One half who graduate from college never…”

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Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner quote: “Old men should have more care to…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “No student of history can fail to…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “Noble character is best appreciated in those…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Nothing in education is so astonishing as…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “No man, however strong, can serve ten…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “No one means all he says, and…”

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Ancient wisdom

Tacitus quote: “No one would have doubted his ability…”

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Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner quote: “No blame should attach to telling the…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “No man likes to have his intelligence…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “No man means all he says, and…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “Nature has never read the Declaration of…”

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith quote: “Never had there been such an attempt…”

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G. M. Trevelyan

G. M. Trevelyan quote: “Never tell a young person that anything…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions…”

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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams quote: “Morality is a private and costly luxury…”

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Historian quotes

Will Durant quote: “Most of us spend too much time…”

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Ancient wisdom

Herodotus quote: “Men trust their ears less than their…”

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