“History is still in large measure poetry to me.”
Quote by Jacob Burckhardt
Author
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt was a Swiss historian renowned for his studies of the Renaissance in Italy. His work 'The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy' has had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more
You May Also Like
Source: Mr. Dooley and the Chicago Irish: The Autobiography of a Nineteenth-century Ethnic Group
Source: The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook
“The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery.”
Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus
“History may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life.”
Source: The History of the World, in Five Books