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> [Capacity of human societies both to absorb and to discard cultures is much underestimated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/capacity-of-human-societies-both-to-absorb-and-to-discard-cultures-is/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

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## More by Norman Davies

> [All states and nations, however great, bloom for a season and are replaced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/all-states-and-nations-however-great-bloom-for-a-season-and-are/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-law-and-justice-government-does-not-want-a-bunch-of-foreign/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [For people familiar with Eastern Europe, Marci Shore's 'The Taste of Ashes' is, in spite of its subject matter, delicious. A professor at Yale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/for-people-familiar-with-eastern-europe-marci-shore-s-the-taste-of/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-one-certainly-for-anyone-in-the-path-of-an-avalanche-is-this/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Young people have to learn in a cocoon filled with false optimism. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they grow up with very little sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/young-people-have-to-learn-in-a-cocoon-filled-with-false-optimism/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/any-historian-worth-their-salt-should-be-aware-of-wars-conflicts/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [It was in the 20th century that national sovereignty really ruled the roost, and the E.U. was formed to cure that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/it-was-in-the-20th-century-that-national-sovereignty-really-ruled-the/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [“Although the rival cereals of rye, barley,oats, buckwheat and millet have continued to exist in Europe, the triumphal march of king wheat was uncontestable”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/although-the-rival-cereals-of-rye-barley-oats-buckwheat-and-millet/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-russian-myths-of-the-second-world-war-are-still-intact/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [ \[The Poles\] will die for their country; but few will work for it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-poles-will-die-for-their-country-but-few-will-work-for-it/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [One might have thought that 70 years was time enough to work out what really happened in 1939. It isn't the case. Misunderstandings and misinformation abound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/one-might-have-thought-that-70-years-was-time-enough-to-work-out-what/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/our-mental-maps-are-distorted-by-who-are-the-winners-of-history-and/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks solid. All changes take place under the surface and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/historical-change-is-like-an-avalanche-the-starting-point-is-a-snow/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [I can just remember the blitz of Manchester, or perhaps my father's tales about the blitz of Manchester. I can remember the blackout, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/i-can-just-remember-the-blitz-of-manchester-or-perhaps-my-father-s/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/one-of-the-few-things-that-can-be-said-for-certain-about-europe-s/)

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