Art Quote by Walter Bagehot

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.

— George Will

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too…

— Walter Savage Landor

Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period…

— Amy Harmon

It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is…

— Joe Kaeser

“True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence.. And only a chosen…

— Félix J. Palma

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“That light called history is pitiless; it possesses this peculiar and divine quality, that, pure light as it is, and precisely because it is…

— Victor Hugo

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history…

— Sarah Vowell

For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the…

— Orson Scott Card

People think about history as all grand gestures or significant moments, but the most valuable lesson we can learn is the enduring legacy of…

— Deborah Harkness

“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”

— Daniel Walker Howe