Historian Ought Quotes

3 quotes by 3 authors

• I entirely agree that a historian ought to be precise in detail; but unless you take all the characters and circumstances into account, you are… — Dorothy L. Sayers
• The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance; he… — C. V. Wedgwood
• The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know about… — John Keegan

Who Wrote These Historian Ought Quotes

3 authors contributed a total of 3 Historian Ought Quotes as follows:

• 1 Historian Ought Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers
• 1 Historian Ought Quote by C. V. Wedgwood
• 1 Historian Ought Quote by John Keegan