Quotes by Forster, Edward M.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say? >>

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equi >>

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not histori >>

Quotations about History and Historians

I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. >>

The history of the world is but the biography of great men. >>

A page of history is worth a pound of logic. >>

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.

Forster, Edward M.