Theodor Mommsen quotes
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“History is neither written nor made without love or hate.”
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“The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd.”
-- Theodor MommsenSource : "The History of Rome - Volume 4: Part 2" by Theodor Mommsen, translated by W.P.Dickson, 1866.
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“History has a Nemesis for every sin.”
-- Theodor MommsenSource : Theodor Mommsen (1864). “The History of Rome”, p.252
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“The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.”
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“Without passion, there is no genius.”
-- Theodor MommsenSource : Theodor Mommsen, William Purdie Dickson (1871). “The history of Rome”, p.539
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“History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.”
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“I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.”
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“I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.”
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“If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.”
Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.64, Random House
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