History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"Those who fail to study history are condemned to repeat it; those who study it deeply may avoid the worst repetitions."
Matteo Ricci
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"The study of history teaches us that human nature changes far less than circumstances."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"History is written by those bold enough to take their pen to paper."
Christine de Pizan
"The study of history teaches us that wisdom is always in short supply among those who govern."
Juan Luis Vives
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"History judges us not by what we intended, but by what we achieved."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Histories make men wise."
Francis Bacon
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"The study of history is a cure for vanity."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Francesco Petrarch
"History teaches us what not to repeat."
Juan Luis Vives
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"We honor our ancestors not by repeating them, but by building upon their legacy."
Matteo Ricci
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"To understand history is to understand that women have always been architects of civilization, though often unacknowledged."
Christine de Pizan
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"In the recording of women's lives and thoughts, we prevent history from forgetting us."
Christine de Pizan
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"History is the mirror in which nations see themselves."
Baltasar Gracián
"The study of history teaches us that human nature changes far less than human circumstances."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"History is the light of truth."
Francis Bacon
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"History teaches us that progress requires sacrifice and dedication."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The press is the voice of civilization speaking to the ages."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"History teaches us what not to repeat."
Raphael Sanzio
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"History repeats itself to those who ignore it."
Raphael Sanzio
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"History teaches through repetition."
Giordano Bruno
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"History is philosophy teaching by examples."
Giordano Bruno
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
Thomas More
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"History teaches that repeating mistakes guarantees repetition of suffering."
Baltasar Gracián
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"History is a mirror in which nations see their futures."
Baltasar Gracián
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"The history of humanity is written in the stars."
Giordano Bruno
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"In the study of the past lies the creation of the future."
Raphael Sanzio
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"What one generation calls heresy, the next calls science."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
Desiderius Erasmus
"The historian who seeks only to flatter his patrons becomes a merchant, not a scholar."
Thomas More