Barometer/history

Famous quotes containing the words barometer and/or history:

“The barometer that shows “variable” is an ironic indictment of God.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)

“Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized—the question involuntarily arises—to what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)