Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Pieter Geyl

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch historian Pieter Geyl.
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
Pieter Geyl

Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.

Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. — © Pieter Geyl
Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history.
Imagination plays too important a role in the writing of history, and what is imagination but the projection of the author's personality.
History is an argument without end.
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