History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Quote by David C McCullough

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History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than...

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than...

Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for...

Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

Read books. They are good for us.

Read books. They are good for us.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel...

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.