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> [The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/the-writer-of-history-is-perhaps-closer-to-the-artist-than-the-scholar/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

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## More by Theodor Mommsen

> [Without passion, there is no genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/without-passion-there-is-no-genius/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

> [History has a Nemesis for every sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/history-has-a-nemesis-for-every-sin/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

> [The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/the-belief-that-it-is-useless-to-employ-partial-and-palliative-means/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

> [The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/the-writer-of-history-is-perhaps-closer-to-the-artist-than-the-scholar/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

> [History is neither written nor made without love or hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/history-is-neither-written-nor-made-without-love-or-hate/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

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