Quotes by Fisher, H(erbert) A(lbert) L(aurens)

I can see only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recogni >>

Quotations about History and Historians

Every time history repeats itself the price goes up. >>

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates >>

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not mere >>

I can see only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.

Fisher, H(erbert) A(lbert) L(aurens)