Logo
It has become too easy to see that the luckless men of the past li

It has become too easy to see that the luckless men of the past lived by mistakes, even absurd beliefs, so we may well fail in a decent respect for them, and forget that historians of the future will point out that we too lived by myths. – Herbert J. Muller, Freedom in the Western World

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
History
category

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. – Twyla Tharp

Category:
History

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Category:
History

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history. – David Suzuki

Category:
History

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? – John Guare

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Any new venture goes through the following stages: Enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent and decoration of those who did nothing. – Anon.

Category:
Risk

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

Category:
Curmudgeonesque

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. – John Ruskin

Category:
Art

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Fear