Logo
What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us o

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

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

History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make. – Author Unknown

Category:
History

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger

Category:
History

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. – Edwin Powell Hubble

Category:
History

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Id like to be rich. Id like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends. – Syd Barrett

Category:
Food

If anything characterizes the cultural life of the seventies in America, it is an insistence on preventing failures of communication. – Richard Rosen

Category:
communication

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests. – Marvin Hamlisch

Category:
Education

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. – Al Bernstein

Category:
Success