war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
“The history of the human race is the history of human hatred. Even love cannot erase such intense hatred.” — Kei Ohishi Copy Share Image
The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress ... history and civilization do not advance in tandem.… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I’ve decided that’s what I must be—a protective spirit who has been cursed to watch over the most self-centered brats in history,… — Kristy Cunning Copy Share Image
Christians have had issues all throughout history with using their Christianity to defend and disguise immoral acts and viewpoints; doing what they… — Sashauni Aaeliyae Copy Share Image
We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are. — Leszek Kolakowski Copy Share Image
“To assess the success of the Sistine, we must think in terms of its history, its prime architects, and its contemporary relevance.… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
Historians will look back and say, 'Foreign policy in the Ford presidency was very much dominated by Kissinger, with a kind of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One,… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, both my mom and my dad worked night shifts, so we would spend a lot of time… — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. If we do not falter in… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
We do not need a heavy theoretical thumb on the scales. What's important is how the traditional sources of law and legal… — Diane S. Sykes Copy Share Image
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
If you talk about language in the Caribbean, you must relate it to history. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“If England had not used the services of privateers and pirates during its long struggle with Spain, there is some likelihood that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History is a long and endlessly interesting argument, where evidence is everything and storytelling is everything else. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
“The historians criticized a tendency, as they phrased it, to too rapid generalization. Other people blamed my method; and those who complimented… — André Gide Copy Share Image
