"The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar."
Quotes by Theodor Mommsen
"[T]he sacred sense of right and the reverence for the law, which it is difficult to destroy in the minds of the multitude, it is still more difficult to reproduce."
"[P]erhaps in this case, as often, the most courageous resolution might have been at the same time the most prudent"
Theodor MommsenChristian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (/ˈmɒmzən/; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈmɔmzn̩] ⓘ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeo...
