Divine Quote by Leopold von Ranke
“He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.”
“He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.”
![“To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).” quote by Leopold von Ranke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a64/leopold-von-ranke-41738_age_to-history-has-been-assigned-the-office_777679.jpg)
