The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“produced a race of heroes, so not less surely did the growth of luxury and absolutism, assisted by the narrow-mindedness of a… — H. Morse Stephens Copy Share Image
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite… — Livy Copy Share Image
“fifty-six, his hour had come round. He was a paradox and would always remain one, a great tangle of calculated mannerisms and… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The study of history can be sobering and shocking, and morally troubling. One does not have to believe in original sin to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions,… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“Politics is a story about the relationship between the past and the future; history is a story about the relationship between the… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
It would be naïve to think that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over.… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“But in writing your constitution let me invite attention the wonderful virtues of the negative! Accentuate the negative! Let your document be… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“The rational study of law is still to a large extent the study of history. History must be a part of the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Copy Share Image
“It seems only human nature to hang the label irrational on what we do not understand, since it is easy for us… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Years should not be devoted to the acquisition of dead languages or to the study of history which, for the most part,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Like other Americans, U.S. journalists have often neglected the study of history; they have much remedial work to do in trying to… — Henry Grunwald Copy Share Image
History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful.… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens… — Mahmud Tarzi Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
The study of history, while it does not endow with prophecy, may indicate lines of probability. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
