Zitat des Tages über Geschichte studieren / Study History:
I study history in order to give an interpretation.
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.
I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another.
Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.
To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children.
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.