Analysing Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is clear that history differs from the other disciplines in having an approach and not an area of its own.

— Leonard Krieger

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.

— Will Durant

History is about life. It's awful when the life is squeezed out of it and there's no flavor left, no uncertainties, no horsing around.…

— David McCullough

“Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was happening elsewhere,…

— Louis L'Amour

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

— Noam Chomsky

History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history…

— James W. Loewen

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

— Idries Shah

“This is one of the distinguishing marks of history as an academic discipline – the better you know a particular historical period, the harder…

— Yuval Noah Harari

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one…

— A. J. P. Taylor

It's true that history seems denser than it really is.

— Tommy Lapid

The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem…

— Paul Johnson

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world…

— Howard Nemerov