Jacob Burckhardt
“It is the historian’s function, not to make us clever for the next time, but to make us wise forever.”
– Jacob Burckhardt (a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields)
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Abraham Lincoln
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”
Indira Gandhi
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
– Indira Gandhi (the former prime minister of India)
Eleanor Roosevelt
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Edith Sitwell
“I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.”
– Edith Sitwell (a British poet and critic)
Agatha Christie
“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
– Agatha Christie (an English writer)
Aristotle
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
– Aristotle (a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period)