Every historian discloses a new horizon.
The historian is a prophet looking bzckwards.
A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves.
What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.
What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily.
Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.
The historian’s imperative has no teeth.
