David Herbert Donald Quotes

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

- Edward Eggleston

Historian

· USA

• Failure
• Persistence
• Success

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

- Lord Acton

Historian

· England

• Reading
• Spiritual Life
• Writing

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

- Tacitus

Historian

· Italy

• Desire
• Oppression

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

- William Camden

Historian

· England

• Bread
• Eating

American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn’t be.

- Eric Alterman

Historian

• Inequality

The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift.

- Edward Eggleston

Historian

· USA

• Gift
• Lasting
• Storytelling

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

- Sallust

Historian

· Italy

• Difficulty
• War

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

- William Camden

Historian

· England

• Dog
• Empty Vessels
• Fun

Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history.

- Pieter Geyl

Historian

· Netherlands

• History
• Process
• War

When we are on the water, our contemplative impulses range from the intense to the nearly absent.

- Paul Schullery

Historian

· USA

• Fishing
• Lakes
• Sea