Walter Raleigh: Quotes about history

Walter Raleigh was English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. Explore interesting quotes on history.

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“What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!”

Walter Raleigh

Upon receiving discrepant accounts from the participants in a recent quarrel below his window. <br class="br">Robert Chambers, Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World http://books.google.com/books?id=pChcAAAAQAAJ& (1859) p. 12 <br class="br">Attributed

“[History] hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.”

Walter Raleigh

The History of the World (1614), Preface

“All histories do shew, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.”

Walter Raleigh

Source: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25

“Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.”

Walter Raleigh

The History of the World (1614), Preface