History Quotes

"History is written by survivors; truth is written in hearts."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that old history cannot show it to be true."

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"The tumultuous events of history reveal the weakness of mortal plans when set against the immutable laws of fate."

"When nations forget their history, they are condemned to repeat its darkest chapters."

"The distinction between history and legend is often merely a matter of documentation."

"The history of a man is written in his deeds, not in his words."

"Those who forget their origins are doomed to repeat them."

"History is written by those with the authority to record it."

"A people without history are a people without identity."

"The records of history are written in the blood of ambition."

"To know history is to be wise; to know the present is to be prepared."

"Even the mightiest empires must bow to time."

"The record of history is written by those with the courage to act."

"History teaches by showing, not by telling."

"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."

"History is written by those who understand human nature."

"There is always something new out of Africa."

"History is a bridge between yesterday's wisdom and tomorrow's vision."

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."

"The great city of Rome was built on the backs of those who remembered their history."

"To write history is to preserve the soul of a nation."

"Those who forget the mistakes of their ancestors are doomed to repeat them."

"History judges not by intentions, but by consequences."

"The true history of a people is found in the lives of its ordinary citizens, not merely its kings."

"The study of history is the study of human nature itself."

"The historian must be both mirror and witness to the deeds of men."

"History teaches us that men learn nothing from history."