That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles. — Christian Friedrich Hebbel Copy Share Image
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men,… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I'm sorry to say it has some historical analogs. It's kind of reminiscent of what happened in Germany in the late Weimar… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our understanding of early Christian beginnings is usually monolithic. It is much determined by the Acts of the Apostles, which pictures a… — Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Copy Share Image
At least I've had to come to that in my life, to realize that this stuff called failure, this stuff, this debris… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question. — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and… — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind spending six months a year having a private jet take me around the world to visit natural and historical… — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
If the Holocaust didn't take place, why then did this regime of occupation come about? Why do the European countries commit themselves… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are… — Nelson W. Aldrich Copy Share Image
The mere notion of photography, when we introduce it into our meditation on the genesis of historical knowledge and its true value,… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
For all those who are interested in the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, esthetic, historical or any other aspects of our dance art... It… — Padma Subrahmanyam Copy Share Image
Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence… — Moses Hess Copy Share Image
“Lord Naoshige said, " The Way of the Samurai is in desperateness. Ten men or more cannot kill a man. Common sense… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more… — Joseph Needham Copy Share Image
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