"There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours."

-- Douglas Hurd

#Past Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.”
“Forgiveness indeed heals memories”
“What if the only resolution you made was to love yourself more?”
“There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayors office.”
“Loyalty is the pledge of truth to oneself and others.”
“The problems we face are human problems and therefore are capable of human solutions.”
“If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.”

Source : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”
“There was never any question with me as to which I would choose, my boy or my work. I had to have both.”

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