Quote #176
Many things do not happen as they ought. Most things do not happen at all.
It is for the conscientious historian to correct these defects.
-- -- Herodotus
I would really like a source for this one!
Many things do not happen as they ought. Most things do not happen at all.
It is for the conscientious historian to correct these defects.
-- -- Herodotus
I would really like a source for this one!
Related:
- Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen
at all.
The conscientious historian will correct these defects... - All the things I really like to do are either illegal,
immoral, or fattening... - One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus,
tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was... - One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus,
tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was... - People who have the power to make things happen don't do the things
that people do,
so they don't know what needs to happen. -- Russell... - Important things that are supposed to happen do not happen,
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the time... - Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good.
I know better.
The things I worry about don't happen. -- Watchman... - Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which
you do hope.
Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Mostellaria, Act i, Sc. 3...
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