Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

American - Historian | January 30, 1912 - February 6, 1989

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Barbara W. Tuchman

ScienceHistoryThoughtLiterature

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

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WritingDegreeCapacityWouldTaken

Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.

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MeDoorLibraryNothingMoreThan

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.

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EyesHonorCoatsDifferentWears

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.

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FriendTreePastForestOldWithout

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

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TimeRevolutionSuccessfulTyrant

I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.

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EndPageWantTurnKeepTurning

Books are humanity in print.

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HumanityBooksPrintIn Print

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

Barbara W. Tuchman

LifeMeHouseLeavingLeaveUp

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

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GreatMindNothingDeadMilitary

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

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SeaHistoryWarGloryDiscretion

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

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