102 result(s) for History Quotes.
"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."
"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it throws a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest."
"History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness."
"The history of liberty is a history of resistance."
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."
"History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created."
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"Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it."
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech."
"History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity."
"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see."
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"The past is always tense, the future perfect."
"It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself."
"In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind."
"The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experiences plainly set out for all to see."
"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
"History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinion."
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
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"The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know."
"History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals."
"The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are."
"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen."
"History is a vast early warning system."
"History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes in an atmosphere of imaginary brightness."
"History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals."
"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future."
"There is one thing a professor can be absolutely sure of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative."
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
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"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."
"The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom."
"The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles."
"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world."
"Those who tell the stories rule society."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children."
"History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity."
"The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"History is written by the victors."
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it."
"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside."
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
"The history of the world is but the biography of great men."
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
"History is the story of winners."
"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"
"The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice."
"Study the past if you would define the future."
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots."
"History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided."
"History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again."
"History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man."
"The one thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
"What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history."
"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
"In history, there are no accidents. If you don't understand that, you don't understand history."
"The greatest lesson of history is that we do not learn from it."
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified. Every book rewritten, every picture painted, every statue and street building has been renamed."
"History is not a science but an interpretation."
"The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom."
"History is the scaffold of the future."
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics."
"History is more or less bunk."
"If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
"History is a series of triumphs and tragedies that mankind has faced."
"A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society."
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
"The more you know about your past, the better prepared you are for your future."
"The past is prologue."
"The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future."
"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only past and future."
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
"History is bunk."
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
"History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies."
"History is not a burden on the memory, but an illumination of the soul."
"Study the past if you would divine the future."
"History is a symphony of echoes."
"History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised."
"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
"What is history? It is nothing more than a recital of events."
"History is a guide pronounced by the wise, a possession for good or evil, to mankind."
"History is a great teacher, but it's a hard one."
"In history, the names of the great men are often the names of the great lies."
"History is a clock that people use to tell their own time."
"History is a long unbroken chain of violations of the rights of man."
"History is written in ink, not in pencil."
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