History Quote by Helmut Walser Smith

“The more we try to explain sensibily these phenomena of history, the more senseless and incomphrensible they become for us.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“In order to have original, uncommon, and perhaps even immortal thoughts, it is enough to estrange oneself so fully from the world of things…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

“Faced with the thoughts, the actions of a woman whom we love, we are as completely at a loss as the world's first natural…

— Marcel Proust

“Life turns on little things. The momentous events in history can leave us untouched, while small events may shape our destinies.”

— Jennifer Worth

“If history has taught me anything about the nature of others, it has thought me that when natures can not be denied, they persist.”

— Dew Platt

“Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries”

— Benjamin Franklin

To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of…

— Robin G. Collingwood

“Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again…

— Blaise Tshibwabwa

“History is dead until we make it live; but it is the lively interpretation of history that makes it interesting.”

— Robert J. Devaux

“In other words, that works of history are mere collections of facts. It is fiction alone that can show us the true nature of…

— Daisaku Ikeda

“Our earth was just one thin example of what was possible, and because it was possible, this history was inevitable”

— Elizabeth Bear

“Historians are not by and large inclined to supernatural explanations, but they are addicted to a near equivalent - 'inevitability'.”

— Eric Ives