Quotes of: Modern-history Keyword

When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.

The Early History of Rome:

Australian History: .... does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies.

Following the Equator - Part 7

Cultures reflect the interactions of mixed populations.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The simple truth? History was never simply history. If it was anything it was another collar—another means to control.

At Faith's End

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.

Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

I’m thankful that everything sweet is sweet because it is finite.

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Dakin: The more you read, though, the more you'll see that literature is actually about losers. Scripps: No. Dakin: It's consolation. All literature is consolation.

The History Boys

Water will, increasingly, be detained, stored and then recycled or infiltrated in gardens.

British Gardens: History, Philosophy and Design

Like a lot of stupid people, it took a great deal to get an idea into the king's head, but once there, there was no shifting it.

A Brief History of Ireland

Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.

Terry Jones

I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.

Herb Ritts

Because some things that seem unimportant now can change the course of human history -- and I am a student of human history.

Another Faust

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond, The. Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, however great their worth otherwise.

On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word.

On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

…growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination

The History of Mr. Polly

In fine, that it is not enough to be good, without behaving in such a manner as shall make others acknowledge us to be so.

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless

A lot of people see it as a kind of failure to stay in the place where you’re from, especially if you’re from the Midwest. Like ambition is geographic.

The History of Us

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

The Inner Circle