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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead.…

— E. M. Forster

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave.

— Edward Gibbon

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

— James Anthony Froude

History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light.

— William L. Shirer

The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance;…

— C. V. Wedgwood

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is…

— Henry Adams

It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.

— C. V. Wedgwood

Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.

— Samuel Butler

“A historian is a risk-terrified prophet.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything.

— Nikita Khrushchev

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

— Marc Bloch

The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.

— Henry James