"When every autumn people said it could not……" — Barbara Tuchman
"When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion."
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Barbara Tuchman
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68 Quotes by Barbara Tuchman
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning to the end.
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Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory…
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
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