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
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
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
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
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.– HL Mencken
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