Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
History and Historians
Quotations by Henry Vaughan
Quotes :
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Quotes "I believe that all the arts, and especially music, are necessary to a full life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams"It is necessary to know facts, but music will enable you to see past facts to the very essence of things in a way which science cannot do." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams"Music will show you what to do with your life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams"The arts are the means by…
- Bill Vaughan – on learning "We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong." ~Bill Vaughan
- Henry Steele Commager – history "For a people to be without history, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory - condemned forever to make the same discoveries that have been made in the past, invent the same techniques, wrestle with the same problems, commit the same errors; and condemned, too, to forfeit the rich pleasures of recollection. Indeed, just as it…
- Sonjuro – sword "The best sword is kept in its sheath." ~Sonjuro