Home / Quotes / Quote by Georges Lefebvre

Quote by Georges Lefebvre

“The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events.”

Quote by Georges Lefebvre

Work

This book delves into the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, examining his early military successes, political ambitions, and the establishment of the Napoleonic Empire. It also analyzes his influence on the course of European history, including his military campaigns and the subsequent wars of liberation. more

Author

Georges Lefebvre

Georges Lefebvre was a significant figure in the field of [Occupation/Category]. Born on August 6, 1874, and passing away on August 28, 1959, he made notable contributions to his field. more

You May Also Like

“It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.”

Moving Dies Evolve Stagnant

Author:Craig Charles

“No historian should be trusted implicitly.”

Should History Historian Trusted

Author:George Kitson Clark

“Pour faire de l'histoire, il faut savoir compter.”

Author:Georges Lefebvre

“A reason that the past is so hated by the young is that there is no way to be entirely free of it.”

Way Reason Past Young History Hated

Author:Paul Horgan

“All history is an attempt to find pattern and meaning in a section of human experience, and every historian worthy of the name raises questions about man's ultimate destiny and the meaning of all history to which, as history, he can provide no answers. The answers belong to the realm of theology.”

Men Humans Names Answers Destiny History Ultimate Raises Patterns Worthy Theology Realms Historian Sections Human Experience Raises Questions

Author:G. B. Caird

“[B]inary opposites fit nicely the formulation of history as written, but they do little to capture the messy, inchoate reality of history as lived.”

Littles Reality History Written Fit Opposites Capture Messy

Book:Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America

Source: Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America

“"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It's the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it."”

People I Can Sound Silence History Terrible Can Not Drowning

Author:Eva Hart

“A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are fashioned by those who encounter them after they are built. The essential feature of a landmark is not its design, but the place it holds in a city's memory. Compared to the place it occupies in social history, a landmark's artistic qualities are incidental.”

“I was just born to swing, that's all.”

Women Born Swings

Author:Lil Hardin Armstrong

“History is Philosophy teaching by example.”

Art Philosophy History Teacher Teaching Example

Book:Thucydidis I-II: With collation of the two Cambridge mss. and the Aldine and Juntine editions. By Richard Shilleto

Source: Thucydidis I-II: With collation of the two Cambridge mss. and the Aldine and Juntine editions. By Richard Shilleto