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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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The March of Folly
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Barbara Tuchman: 46 cytatów0 Polubień

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.”

Barbara Tuchman książka The March of Folly

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

“Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman

Źródło: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

“History is the unfolding of miscalculations.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman

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

“That conflict between the reach for the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the central problem of the Middle Ages.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 6

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

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Barbara W. Tuchman

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.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka The Guns of August

Źródło: The Guns of August

“The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka The Guns of August

Źródło: The Guns of August

“The real reason for his attitude lay deeper. Essentially, Gloucester and the barons of his party were opposed to peace because they felt war to be their occupation. Behind them were the poorer knights and squires and archers of England, who, unconcerned with rights or wrongs, were “inclined to war such as had been their livelihood.””

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 490

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

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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

“The emphasis on sorcery reflected accusations by the authorities more than it did actual practice. Being threatened, the Church responded by virulent persecution.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 590

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

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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

“On being shown a relic said to be a bone of St. Elizabeth, he (Sigismund) turned it over and remarked that it could just as well be that of a dead cobbler.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 542

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

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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

“For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 426

“The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 412

“Left to face a hungry winter robbed of their hard-earned harvests, the people experienced their own warrior class not as protectors but ravagers.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 141

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

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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.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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

“The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 581

“His (Deschamps’) complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 450

“Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. As long as combat was desirable as the source of honor and glory, the knight had no wish to share it with the commoner, even for the sake of success.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 577

“Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 81

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

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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

“If all were equalized by death, as the medieval idea constantly emphasized, was it not possible that inequalities on earth were contrary to the will of God?”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 375

“As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.”

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

Źródło: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 585

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

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Barbara W. Tuchman książka A Distant Mirror

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