History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Catherine de Medici
I
"I have made history by refusing to be merely historical."
Isabella d'Este
J
"History teaches us that history teaches us nothing."
Jean d'Alembert
J
"History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time."
Jean d'Alembert
M
"History teaches us the ways of the world."
Marsilio Ficino
M
"History is philosophy teaching by example."
Marsilio Ficino
"History teaches us that reason, though often delayed, ultimately prevails."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
P
"The past instructs us for the future."
Poliziano Angelo
P
"The future belongs to those who study the past."
Poliziano Angelo
"History is the teacher of those wise enough to listen to its lessons without repeating its mistakes."
Émilie du Châtelet
P
"History teaches us the patterns of human behavior."
Pico della Mirandola
G
"History teaches us about our future."
Giambattista della Porta
G
"History reveals the patterns of human nature."
Giambattista della Porta
"History is written by those with the steadiest hands."
Catherine de Medici
"The past is a mirror; look closely and you see your future."
Catherine de Medici
"Every coronation is built upon a foundation of forgotten sorrows."
Catherine de Medici
"I have learned that the future belongs to those who understand the past."
Catherine de Medici
I
"The study of history reveals that human nature remains constant across all ages."
Isabella d'Este
I
"I believe that every artifact collected preserves a moment when human hands created beauty."
Isabella d'Este
M
"History is the unfolding of divine purpose through human action."
Marsilio Ficino
M
"History teaches us that the pattern of the cosmos reflects in human events."
Marsilio Ficino
"History is the science of what has been"
Giambattista Vico
"Nations are born from the chaos of history"
Giambattista Vico
"The past instructs the present to protect the future"
Giambattista Vico
P
"Ignorance of history is ignorance of life itself."
Poliziano Angelo
P
"The past speaks to us through those who preserved its voice."
Poliziano Angelo
P
"Those who ignore the wisdom of antiquity are condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Poliziano Angelo
P
"Every word carries within it the weight of all its previous uses."
Poliziano Angelo
P
"History is the greatest teacher for those willing to listen."
Pico della Mirandola
P
"History repeats itself because humans refuse to learn its lessons."
Pico della Mirandola