Facts Quote by Howard Nemerov

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

The historian does not locate known facts in a hypothetical, general pattern of processes; his aim is to link fact to fact, one unique…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

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

— Marc Bloch

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

— William L. Shirer

I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number of facts,…

— Howard Zinn

“There's a peculiar dichotomy in the nature of almost anyone who calls himself a historian. Such scholars all piously assure us that they're telling…

— David Eddings

The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will differ, styles…

— Augustine Birrell

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

— David Herbert Donald

“There is a great similarity between legal evidence and historical evidence. The only difference lies in the fact that in legal evidence it is…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

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

— Edward Gibbon

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