“History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who ...” — Sabine Baring-Gould Quote

“History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.”

“God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.”

“Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to them those of limestone. The chalk first, for it furnished man with flints, and the limestone next when he had learned to barter.”

“Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.”

“The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.”

“Do not read 'Hard Choices' if you seek a nuanced analysis of the people who run the world's foreign policy, let alone any juicy gossip.”