Top Historian Quotes

  • Josephus is the first historian to make note of Jesus having even existed -“ and that happened six full decades after his death. – Thomas Daniel Nehrer

    Josephus is the first historian to make note of Jesus having even existed -“ and that happened six full decades after his death.– Thomas Daniel Nehrer

  • He doesn’t have anything like wisdom of age or hindsight. He’s a biased historian of self, an emotional revisionist. We all are, for the most part. – Marc Maron

    He doesn’t have anything like wisdom of age or hindsight. He’s a biased historian of self, an emotional revisionist. We all are, for the most part.– Marc Maron

  • Study the historian before you begin to study the facts. – Edward Hallett Carr

    Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.– Edward Hallett Carr

  • A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint. – Ambeth R Ocampo

    A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.– Ambeth R Ocampo

  • The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. – Stendhal

    The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.– Stendhal

  • I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will select their material according to their thesis – Antony Beevor

    I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will select their material according to their thesis– Antony Beevor

  • God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past. – Ambrose Bierce

    God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.– Ambrose Bierce

  • Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – HL Mencken

    Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.– HL Mencken

  • The historian is a prophet looking backwards. – Friedrich Schlegel

    The historian is a prophet looking backwards.– Friedrich Schlegel

  • The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women. – Henry Adams

    The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women.– Henry Adams