History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"To understand Rome is to understand that it is greater than any single man."
Trajan
"History is written by those who refuse to be forgotten."
Nero
"History forgets the merciful; it remembers only the magnificent."
Nero
D
"The wise man learns from history; the fool is condemned to repeat it."
Domitian
D
"History is written by those with the will to seize the pen."
Domitian
D
"A kingdom that forgets its history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Domitian
"History is written by the victorious."
Tiberius
"History repeats itself to those who ignore it."
Tiberius
C
"What is past is prologue to what is to come."
Claudius
"History will remember me not for mercy, but for magnificence."
Caligula
"My legacy will be written in the hearts of those who feared me."
Caligula
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"History is written by those brave enough to act."
Titus
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"The pages of history are written by those who dared greatly."
Titus
"History judges not by intentions, but by consequences."
Nero
"History whispers lessons to those who listen."
Nero
"History will judge not my buildings, but my treatment of those beneath me."
Vespasian
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"To understand history is to understand the cycles of human nature."
Trajan
T
"A society that forgets its history is condemned to repeat it."
Trajan
D
"History will remember the strong, not the kind."
Domitian
D
"My decisions are history before they are questioned."
Domitian
"The youth of today will inherit the debts of yesterday."
Tiberius
"History is written by survivors, not by the truthful."
Tiberius
"History will judge not my actions, but my will."
Caligula
C
"What is past is prologue to what is yet to come."
Claudius
C
"I learned that history judges men more fairly than their contemporaries."
Claudius
C
"The pages of history are written in the choices of men."
Claudius
T
"In the study of history lies the key to the future."
Titus
"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Nero
"The wise learn from history; the foolish repeat it."
Augustus
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Augustus