Author: Theodore Zeldin

Quotes

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

- Theodore Zeldin

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

- Theodore Zeldin

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

- Theodore Zeldin

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

- Theodore Zeldin

We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves.

We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves.

- Theodore Zeldin

The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.

The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.

- Theodore Zeldin

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

- Theodore Zeldin

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