Quotes
Learn from the past
Submitted by jkrier on Fri, 04/18/2014 - 3:33pm
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past.
Worth Remembering
Submitted by jkrier on Mon, 04/14/2014 - 9:11pm
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
Commonality
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:09pm
In a certain sense all men are historians.
Cycles
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:08pm
We proceed out of history into history again.
Detectives
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:08pm
The historian and the detective have much in common.
Chances
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:08pm
History, as long as it continues to happen, is always another chance.
Avoidance
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:06pm
History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided.
Early Warning
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:06pm
History is a vast early warning system.
Trains
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:05pm
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
The Challenge
Submitted by jkrier on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:05pm
The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present.