Barbara Tuchman cytaty

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman – amerykańska historyczka, autorka bestsellerów, znana także w Polsce.

✵ 30. Styczeń 1912 – 6. Luty 1989   •   Natępne imiona باربارا تاکمن
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The March of Folly
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Barbara Tuchman cytaty

„Szaleństwo nie polega na braku wiedzy o przeszkodach w realizacji celu, do którego dążymy, ale na trzymaniu się celu, mimo gromadzonych dowodów, że jest on nieosiągalny.”

The folly consisted not in pursuit of a goal in ignorance of the obstacles but in persistence in the pursuit despite accumulating evidence that the goal was unattainable… (ang.)
Źródło: The March of Folly

Barbara Tuchman: Cytaty po angielsku

“History is the unfolding of miscalculations.”

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, p. 132 (1970)

“Books are the carriers of civilization… They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

Wariant: Books are... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.

“Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka The Guns of August

Źródło: The Guns of August

“If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Jean Gerson, quoted on p. 520
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“Against men habituated to lawless force, violent punishment failed to bring the violence under control.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 273

“In the midst of events there is no perspective.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 454

“Whatever solace the Christian faith could give was balanced by the anxiety it generated.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 469

“In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 210

“What counts is not so much the fact as what the public perceives to be the fact.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 291

“Nothing is more certain than death and nothing uncertain but its hour.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Enguerrand VII de Coucy, quoted on p. 570
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Admiral Jean de Vienne, quoted on p. 559
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 487

“Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 523

“To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.”

Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 459