Deals Quote by A. L. Rowse

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

— Plato

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

— Aristotle

For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.

— Aristotle

It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right.

— Thomas Carlyle

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those…

— Aristotle

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those…

— Aristotle

History is the new poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

History is still in large measure poetry to me.

— Jacob Burckhardt

“History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of what is…

— Aristotle

History after all is the true poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

— Simon Schama

It’s history. It’s poetry.

— Anonymous