In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
“History is the mighty tower of experience, which time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. - Forward” — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their own visions… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred miles high… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon Copy Share Image
