Hilary Mantel Quotes

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

I think you can learn from history.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.

History is philosophy teaching by examples.

Ancient histories provide windows to knowing current affairs.

Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

We learn from history. That's what it's all about.

I think a sense of history and perspective for our young people today is essential.

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.

My trademark at CNN was really asking insightful questions and making sure people are understanding the connections in humanity, and I think that is the core of education.

Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context.

Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.

I don't think you learn specific lessons from history, but you do learn proportion.

History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems.

Falsehoods which we spurn to-day Were the truths of long ago.

The context of history proved invaluable.

Americans are in vital need of the instruction that historians can provide.

Reading opens your mind and helps you understand and empathize with people who are unlike you and outside your breadth of experience.