Henry Thomas Buckle

Quotes by Henry Thomas Buckle

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Historian · English · 1821–1862

English historian (1821–1862)

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“Society prepares the crime the criminal commits it.”

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“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

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“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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“You can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next, by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest, by their preference for the dis...”
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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“Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.”
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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“Society prepares the crime the criminal commits it.”
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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“Society prepares the crime the criminal commits it.”
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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