However, the sciences of society and of history retained their old subservient relation to metaphysics for a long time - well into… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
Book reviewing dates only to the eighteenth century, when, for the first time, there were so many books being printed that magazines… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“I never go into the country for a change of air and a holiday. I always go instead into the eighteenth century.” — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
“Upon my eighteenth birthday I was given three choices: 1. Join the church, and live at home. 2. Move out and live… — Stephen Arterburn Copy Share Image
“Under the eighteenth century fashion people did not so much all pretend to be young, as all agree to be old.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The only good things about his eighteenth year were the things he hadn’t done: He hadn’t murdered anybody or sold drugs.” — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her eighteenth birthday, you can get out of bed. — E. Jean Carroll Copy Share Image
“There's always this build-up to your eighteenth, and when it finally comes around you realize it's just the day after you were… — Lola Jaye Copy Share Image
