Belittle Quote by C. V. Wedgwood

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

— Edward Gibbon

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

— William L. Shirer

“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“A lot of what we know to be history isn’t…it serves a purpose. Events are exaggerated, heroes fabricated, goals are rewritten to appear more…

— Louise Penny

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

“No one is a good historian of the patent, visible, striking, and public life of peoples, if he is not, at the same time,…

— Anonymous

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

“since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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

— James Anthony Froude

The idea that historians aren't affected by what goes on around them I think is slightly fanciful.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

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

— Nikita Khrushchev

“History is, above all else, the creation and recording of that heritage; progress is its increasing abundance, preservation, transmission, and use. To those of…

— Will Durant