#historia

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed. ↗

— Oliver Stone

#discrete #facts #historian #historians #into

She'd done the right thing in God's eyes. That's all that mattered. ↗

— Ann Shorey

#inspirational #inspirational

Give me a scholar, therefore, who is able to think and to write, to look with an eye of discernment into things, and to do business himself, if called upon, who hath both civil and military knowledge; one, moreover, who has been in camps, and has seen armies in the field and out of it; knows the use of arms, and machines, and warlike engines of every kind; can tell what the front, and what the horn is, how the ranks are to be disposed, how the horse is to be directed, and from whence to advance or to retreat; one, in short, who does not stay at home and trust to the reports of others: but, above all, let him be of a noble and liberal mind; let him neither fear nor hope for anything; otherwise he will only resemble those unjust judges who determine from partiality or prejudice, and give sentence for hire: but, whatever the man is, as such let him be described. ↗

— Lucian of Samosata

#history #military #reporting #business

It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians. ↗

— Chuck Close

#art #artists #certainly #does #find

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#historians #history #history repeats itself #itself #other

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it. ↗

— Lord Harlech

#britain #disposed #empire #historians #honoured

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#education #historian #i #learned #lifetime

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever. ↗

— Peter Berg

#been #fan #father #forever #historian

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#historian

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#african #african american #american #angelou #believes