710 Quotes About Historical

If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.

In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.

No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe.

As a historical novelist, there are few jobs more retrospective.

Shukhov stared at the ceiling and said nothing. He no longer knew whether he wanted to be free or not...it had gradually dawned on him that people like himself were not allowed to go home but were packed off into exile. And there was no knowing where the living was easier – here or there. The one thing he might want to ask God for was to let him go home. But they wouldn't let him go home.

Wild animals. I had not, until that moment, put dragons in that class. I had thought them something apart.

The world is a bridge; pass over it, but build no house upon it

Inrealized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.

Roman soldiers used to place a sprig of rosemary behind their ears before going into battle to sharpen their reflexes.