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Category Archive: Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Books are the carriers of civilization….”

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

October 28, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “To a historian libraries are food…”

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

September 7, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Reasonable orders are easy enough to…”

Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

August 29, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “War is the unfolding of miscalculations….”

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

March 21, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “The fleet sailed to its war…”

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

February 26, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Every successful revolution puts on in…”

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

February 25, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “To put away one’s own original…”

To put away one’s own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

January 11, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Dead battles, like dead generals, hold…”

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

January 7, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Honor wears different coats to different…”

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.

November 28, 2020 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “The unrecorded past is none other…”

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.

November 23, 2020 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

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