Quotes · Quote card
Quotation from Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede
“For if history relates good things of good men, the attentive hearer is excited to imitate that which is good”
Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Preface, to King Ceolwulf, trans. A. M. Sellar
Bede explains to the king why the study of the deeds of former men is profitable.
Citation: "For if history relates good things of good men, the attentive hearer is excited to imitate that which is good" — Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Preface, to King Ceolwulf, trans. A. M. Sellar. (id bede-ecclesiastical-history-q1)
Portrait: The Venerable Bede translates John 1902, James Doyle Penrose, Public domain.
