Famous quotes containing the words history of the, history of, history, washington and/or years:
“The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.”
—Imre Lakatos (1922–1974)
“The History of the world is not the theatre of happiness. Periods of happiness are blank pages in it, for they are periods of harmony—periods when the antithesis is in abeyance.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
—George Washington (1732–1799)
“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”
—Bernard Baruch (1870–1965)