History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"A nation that forgets its past is condemned to repeat it."
Diocletian
H
"To understand history is to understand ourselves."
Hadrian
H
"The study of history reveals the patterns of human nature."
Hadrian
S
"History is written by those strong enough to shape it."
Septimius Severus
S
"To be remembered as great, one must first be willing to be remembered as ruthless."
Septimius Severus
C
"The signs we leave behind speak louder than the words we speak today."
Constantine I
C
"The history of mankind is written by those brave enough to question the present."
Constantine I
C
"A society that forgets its past is doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Constantine I
C
"History is the teacher of those willing to learn its bitter lessons."
Cato the Elder
C
"History is the teacher of those willing to listen."
Cato the Younger
C
"The greatest monuments are built on moral foundations."
Cato the Younger
C
"History is the teacher that prepares us for the future."
Commodus
C
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Cato the Elder
C
"A nation that forgets its past has no future."
Cato the Elder
D
"To understand history, one must understand the cost of its making."
Diocletian
D
"The past is a teacher; those who fail to study it are condemned to repeat its lessons painfully."
Diocletian
S
"What we leave behind speaks louder than what we take."
Septimius Severus
S
"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat its errors."
Septimius Severus
S
"History teaches those willing to listen; it mocks the arrogant."
Septimius Severus
C
"History judges not by victories, but by the welfare of the governed."
Constantine I
C
"History is written by those with the courage to live it, not merely to observe it."
Cato the Younger
C
"History teaches that the man of principle often stands alone."
Cato the Younger
A
"History judges not the length of a reign, but the peace it secured for future generations."
Antoninus Pius
A
"To honor the past is to understand the present and shape the future."
Antoninus Pius
C
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Cato the Elder
C
"To understand the present, one must study the past."
Cato the Elder
C
"The crowd is eternal; emperors are fleeting—until they are remembered."
Commodus
C
"History remembers the ruthless; it forgets the kind."
Commodus
C
"Empire is built on the bones of the idealistic."
Commodus
D
"The empire that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it."
Diocletian