Dating/history

Famous quotes containing the words dating and/or history:

“We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period to man’s existence on the globe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
—William James (1842–1910)